Neither detonation nor transmission of detonation for exchanged ions explosives follows the same rules as those governing the same phenomena for classical explosives. During a thorough study, we were able to distinguish between the different mechanisms of transmission of the detonation for a number of exchanged ions explosives. It is noteworthy that this transmission is found to be less good under confinement than in the open air; this behaviour is contrary to that found in the transmission of detonation in classical explosives. In addition we tried to define the real energy released by classical and by exchanged ions explosives. Here too, from the fact that the detonation processes are fundamentally different, the experimental arrangements, which for classical explosives lead to a rather exact definition of this energy, needed to be modified. For the new explosives, the detonation processes are more complex and quantitative results have not yet been obtained; however, it is possible to give satisfactory results concerning the level of this energy.