Accession Number:

ADA331439

Title:

High Energy Density Explosives.

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

MITRE CORP MCLEAN VA JASON PROGRAM OFFICE

Personal Author(s):

• Lewis, N.
• Garwin, R.
• Hammer, D.
• Happer, W.
• Jeanloz, R.

Report Date:

1997-10-08

Pagination or Media Count:

24.0

Abstract:

A JASON summer study was performed to assess the status of ongoing research programs in the area of energetic materials. The goal of this study was to examine the current status of work in the area of energetic materials in order to provide DARPA with a technical evaluation of which, if any, research approaches have the potential to produce significant advances in the state of the art of this area.

Descriptors:

• *MATERIALS
• *ENERGETIC PROPERTIES
• *HIGH EXPLOSIVES
• NUCLEAR WEAPONS
• QUANTUM CHEMISTRY
• STATE OF THE ART
• HIGH ENERGY
• HIGH DENSITY
• RESEARCH MANAGEMENT
• ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
• PLASTICIZERS
• RADIOISOTOPE THERMOELECTRIC DEVICES

Subject Categories:

• Ammunition and Explosives
• Nuclear Weapons

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE