Accession Number:

AD1045996

Title:

Aluminum Micro-Balloons as Improved Fuel for Warhead Explosives

Descriptive Note:

[Technical Report, Final Report]

Corporate Author:

Energetics Technology Center

Personal Author(s):

• Forbes, Jerry W.

Report Date:

2018-01-29

Pagination or Media Count:

11

Abstract:

Baseline unreacted Hugoniots for Alwater mixtures have been calculated using the kinetic energy averaging equation for the mixtures particle velocity and the known Hugoniots of each constituent. A very practical way of changing aluminumwater reaction rate and ignition threshold under shock loading is to add thick aluminum coated micro-spheres to the mixture. A process to make thick aluminum coatings on glass microspheres was developed. In addition, the design of a one-dimensional explosively driven flyer plate for shock wave experiments is provided.

Descriptors:

Subject Categories:

• Explosions
• Ammunition and Explosives
• Inorganic Chemistry

Distribution Statement:

[A, Approved For Public Release]