THE CHARACTERISTICS OF ELECTRIC SPARK DISCHARGES IN MIXTURES OF HIGH- EXPLOSIVE AND ALUMINUM POWDERS

Abstract

A method is described for obtaining the average resistance of a spark discharging through a granular conductive mix in a non-oscillating discharge system. The spark resistance is a linear function of the spark gap width for a given electrode arrangement. The resistance is relatively independent of the density of the mix over the range 0.7 to 0.9 ohm.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 25, 1961
Accession Number
AD0269090

Entities

People

  • T. P. Liddiard Jr.

Organizations

  • Naval Ordnance Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Capacitors
  • Detonations
  • Electric Discharges
  • Electrodes
  • Electronic Components
  • Explosions
  • Explosives
  • Maryland
  • Materials
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Munitions
  • Ordnance Laboratories
  • Power
  • Resistance
  • Spark Gaps
  • United States
  • Weapons

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

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  • Polymer Science and Engineering.