Accession Number:

AD0752372

Title:

Shock Induced Reaction in Explosives and propellants

Descriptive Note:

Technical rept.

Corporate Author:

EXPLOSIVES RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ESTABLISHMENT WALTHAM ABBEY (UNITED KINGDOM)

Personal Author(s):

• Merrifield, R.

Report Date:

1972-03-01

Pagination or Media Count:

25.0

Abstract:

Two propellants a cast double-base and an extruded double-base and two explosives a 6040 RDXTNT mixture 1 beeswax and nitromethane were subjected to shocks of known amplitude. The shock producing system used was essentially that of the NOL Standard Gap Test. Threshold pressures for both burning and detonation were obtained. This technique used originally by Jacobs and Liddiard has been extended to provide unreacted Hugoniot data.

Descriptors:

• *DOUBLE BASE ROCKET PROPELLANTS
• *EXPLOSIVES
• SENSITIVITY
• IGNITION
• UNITED KINGDOM
• TNT
• DETONATIONS
• EXPLOSIVE GASES
• SHOCK(MECHANICS)
• REACTION KINETICS
• RDX

Subject Categories:

• Ammunition and Explosives
• Solid Rocket Propellants

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE