Accession Number:

AD0661483

Title:

THE CHEMISTRY OF DETONATIONS. 1. A SIMPLE METHOD FOR CALCULATING DETONATION PROPERTIES OF C-H-N-O EXPLOSIVES

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

NAVAL ORDNANCE LAB WHITE OAK MD

Personal Author(s):

• Kamlet, Mortimer J.
• Jacobs, S. J.

Report Date:

1967-08-01

Pagination or Media Count:

40.0

Abstract:

Simple empirical equations are given which permit the calculation of the detonation pressures and velocities of C-H-N-O explosives. The detonation pressures so derived correspond quite closely to values predicted by the computer code RUBY see AEC report UCRL-6815 or NASA report N62-16450, which employs the most recent parameters and covolume factors with Kistiakowsky-Wilson equation of state.

Descriptors:

• *EXPLOSIVES
• *DETONATIONS
• VELOCITY
• COMPUTER PROGRAMS
• DENSITY
• EQUATIONS OF STATE
• CARBON COMPOUNDS
• COMBUSTION PRODUCTS
• OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
• HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
• NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
• EQUATIONS
• PRESSURE
• CHEMICAL PROPERTIES
• MOLECULAR WEIGHT

Subject Categories:

• Explosions
• Atomic and Molecular Physics and Spectroscopy

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE