The Relationship of Sensitivity with Structure of Organic High Explosives. 2. Polynitroaromatic Compounds
Abstract
The impact sensitivity of an organic high explosive is considered to be primarily a function of its thermal decomposition rate. Classes of compounds with similar structures, and thus assumed to have similar mechanisms of thermal decomposition, show a linear relationship between their impact sensitivity and a defined quantity called oxidant balance derivable from the molecular composition. Different structural classes differ in their sensitivity-oxidant balance relationships, i.e., polynitroaromatic compounds with alpha CH groups are more sensitive as a class than those lacking this feature.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 15, 1962
- Accession Number
- AD0331340
Entities
People
- Darrell V. Sickman
- Mortimer J. Kamlet
Organizations
- Naval Ordnance Laboratory