Accession Number:

ADA027444

Title:

Desensitization of Explosive Materials

Descriptive Note:

Progress rept. no. 1, 15 May-14 Jun 1976

Corporate Author:

STANFORD RESEARCH INST MENLO PARK CA

Personal Author(s):

• Peters, Howard M.
• Guimont, John M.

Report Date:

1976-07-02

Pagination or Media Count:

7.0

Abstract:

The objective of the work reported here is to determine the generality of the recent discovery that substitution of fluorine for hydrogen in an explosive material leads to desensitization. In earlier work for Lawrence Livermore Laboratory ERDA it was discovered that substitution of the -CH2- group in FEFO with a -CF2- group reduces the sensitivity to impact and low velocity detonation LVD. A comparison of the sensitivity characteristics and physical properties of FEFO and DFF are shown.

Descriptors:

• *DESENSITIZING
• *EXPLOSIVES
• DETONATIONS
• FLUORINATION
• LOW VELOCITY
• PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
• SENSITIVITY
• SYNTHESIS(CHEMISTRY)

Subject Categories:

• Ammunition and Explosives

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE