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):

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.

Subject Categories:

  • Ammunition and Explosives
  • Explosions

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE