Accession Number:

AD0777772

Title:

Evaluation by a Modified Cylinder Test of Metal Acceleration by Non-Ideal Explosives Containing Ammonium Nitrate

Descriptive Note:

Technical rept.

Corporate Author:

PICATINNY ARSENAL DOVER NJ

Personal Author(s):

• Hershkowitz, J.
• Rigdon, J.

Report Date:

1974-04-01

Pagination or Media Count:

58.0

Abstract:

Cylinder tests have been designed and conducted to study the effect of substitution of ammonium nitrate AN for RDX in a limited range of particle sizes and sources, to arrive at an appropriate design of cylinder tests for non- ideal explosives and to provide a basis for studying the basic mechanisms of these non-ideal explosives.

Descriptors:

• *EXPLOSIVE CHARGES
• EXPLOSIONS
• DETONATIONS
• RDX
• TNT
• REACTION KINETICS
• AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS

Subject Categories:

• Ammunition and Explosives
• Explosions

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE