Accession Number:

ADA210058

Title:

Entropy and the Homogeneity of Solid Mixtures

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

NAVAL SURFACE WARFARE CENTER SILVER SPRING MD

Personal Author(s):

• Campolattaro, A. A.
• Dengel, O. H.
• Walter, P. A.

Report Date:

1988-02-01

Pagination or Media Count:

25.0

Abstract:

There is a surge of efforts to develop continuous processing techniques for the manufacture of explosives and propellants. A standardized procedure to measure the homogeneity of mixtures produced is required. This paper proposes a new algorithm, based on the concept of entropy, for the calculation of homogeneity of solid mixtures which could be adopted as an industry standard by the scientific community. Homogeneity Propellants Explosives.

Descriptors:

• *EXPLOSIVES
• ALGORITHMS
• METHODOLOGY
• INDUSTRIES
• PROCESSING
• SOLIDS
• MIXTURES
• PROPELLANTS
• CONTINUOUS PROCESSING
• ENTROPY
• HOMOGENEITY
• SCIENTIFIC ORGANIZATIONS

Subject Categories:

• Ammunition and Explosives

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE