THE BEHAVIOR OF EXPLOSIVES AT VERY HIGH TEMPERATURES
Abstract
Recent work at the Naval Ordnance Laboratory has indicated that the impact sensitivities of organic high explosives are related in a simple manner to the velocities of their thermal decomposition reactions at very high temperatures, 300 -1000 C. It has been possible, by means of a new experimental technique, to measure the time delay to explosion for a series of explosives in this hitherto unexplored range of temperature and reaction rate. This has been accomplished by loading the explosive into fine hypodermic needle tubing which can then be heated, essentially instantaneously, by a capacitor discharge. The temperature and explosive event are recorded by monitoring the resistance of the tube. The measured delay times are related to the impact sensitivities of high explosives as sensitive materials are found to explode more rapidly at a given high temperature than less sensitive ones.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 14, 1960
- Accession Number
- AD0251121
Entities
People
- Joseph Wenograd
Organizations
- Naval Ordnance Laboratory