PULSE-SENSITIVE ELECTROEXPLOSIVE DEVICES

Abstract

A system consisting of lead azide, gold film, BeO header, and heat sink has been shown to withstand 10 amp or 10 w of continuous power while being capable of initiation with a pulse from a charged 1 microfarad capacitor. The gold-film-bridged BeO substrate units are truly pulse sensitive. It is also significant that the gold-film-bridged glass system is pulse sensitive and fires with approximately one-ninth the energy required for a corresponding conventional wire-bridged glass system. The advantages of a film-bridged BeO system were strikingly demonstrated with respect to its capability to dissipate power while still retaining its pulse firing capability.

Open PDF

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1963
Accession Number
AD0406346

Entities

People

  • H. M. Kenworthy

Organizations

  • Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Counter IED
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Electromagnetic Fields
  • Energy
  • Explosives
  • Films
  • Heat Energy
  • Heat Sinks
  • Ignition
  • Lead Azides
  • Materials
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Science
  • Measurement
  • Metal Films
  • Molecules
  • Resistance
  • Thermal Conductivity

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Combustion science or combustion engineering.
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Thin Film Deposition Science.