| Type of confinement | Confinement material | Edge angle of denotation (degrees) | ||
| Shock polar theory | Numerical | Experimental [16] | ||
| Strong | 2024 Aluminium | 85.3 | 84.6 | 85.1 |
| HR-2 Steel | 80.9 | 80.3 | 80.6 | |
| Brass | 78.8 | 78.3 | 78.6 | |
| W-Mo alloy | 83.8 | 83.4 | 83.5 | |
| U-Ni alloy | 82.2 | 81.7 | 81.9 | |
| W-Fe-Ni alloy | 84.9 | 84.3 | 84.6 | |
| Weak | Phenolic resin | 44.4 | 45.2 | 45.0 |
| PMMA | 44.4 | 45.2 | 45.0 | |
| “Three-weak solutions” | Silicone rubber foam | 44.4 | 45.4 | 45.1 |
| “One supersonic weak solution” | LiH | 75.2 | 85.5 |
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