Accession Number:

AD0838710

Title:

CAPACITOR DISCHARGE THERMAL INITIATION APPARATUS FOR HIGH ENERGY MATERIALS

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

NAVAL ORDNANCE LAB WHITE OAK MD

Personal Author(s):

• Kendall, Paul
• Rosen, Jerome

Report Date:

1968-06-19

Pagination or Media Count:

30.0

Abstract:

A thermal initiation apparatus is fully described for rapidly heating and monitoring high energy materials in the range of 300 to 1000C. Time delays to explosion, which range from 0.05 to 5 msec are a function of sample temperature. A capacitor discharge pulse heats a sample enclosed in a hypodermic needle tubing. Calibration methods, sample handling techniques, and representative data are also reported.

Descriptors:

• *CAPACITORS
• *EXPLOSIVES INITIATORS
• CALIBRATION
• CIRCUITS
• ELECTRIC DISCHARGES
• ELECTRICAL RESISTANCE
• EXPLOSIVES
• GASES
• MONITORS
• PIPES
• PROPELLANTS
• SENSITIVITY
• STAINLESS STEEL
• TEMPERATURE

Subject Categories:

• Electrical and Electronic Equipment
• Ammunition and Explosives

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE