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The speed at which a perforating system works is related to the sum of its components. Generally a system detonates at approximately 25,000 ft/sec. The charge jet stream instantaneously exerts pressures of upto 6 million psi at temperatures of 6000 deg F. At those values the complete detonation of the carrier takes only fractions of seconds.
