THE MANUFACTURE OF AN R.D.X-BASED EXPLOSIVE SHEET

Abstract

The manufacture of several explosive sheets is described. The most satisfactory, was a sheet containing 88% RDX with the remaining 12% essentially polyisobutylene of molecular weight approximately 15,000. This sheet was a pliable material which detonated satisfactorily at a thickness of 0.1 in. Another RDX based sheet, in which the binder was a mixture of depolymerized rubber and polyurethane, was unsatisfactory as the rubber aged.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1962
Accession Number
AD0331506

Entities

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  • J. Wilby
  • V. Jamieson

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Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Detonations
  • Detonators
  • Explosive Forming
  • Explosive Ordnance Disposal
  • Explosives
  • Films
  • Materials
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Science
  • Molecular Weight
  • Particle Size
  • Physical Properties
  • Plant Oils
  • Sheet Explosives
  • Tensile Strength
  • Thin Films

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  • Metallurgy
  • Polymer Science and Technology
  • Rocket Propulsion.