STUDY OF LOW FREQUENCY MOLECULAR MOTIONS IN EXPLOSIVES BY SLOW NEUTRON INELASTIC SCATTERING

Abstract

The inelastic scattering of neutrons provides a means of studying explosives by which the nature of molecular motions can be determined and through which molecular dynamics can be correlated with macroscopic properties such as thermodynamic quantities. A tentative correlation was made between explosive sensitivity and internal energy for four explosives. The results show the importance of understanding the microscopic behavior in order to predict explosive characteristics.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1966
Accession Number
AD0634661

Entities

People

  • Henri P. Boutin
  • Henry J. Prask
  • Samuel Trevino

Organizations

  • Picatinny Arsenal

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Crystal Lattice Vibrations
  • Crystal Lattices
  • Crystal Structure
  • Crystals
  • Diffraction
  • Explosives
  • Frequency
  • High Explosives
  • Inelastic Scattering
  • Materials
  • Molecular Dynamics
  • Neutron Scattering
  • Neutron Spectrum
  • Physical Properties
  • Picric Acid
  • Scattering
  • Styphnic Acids

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Combustion Dynamics and Shock Wave Physics.
  • Quantum spin resonance or Electron Paramagnetic Resonance spectroscopy.
  • Theoretical Analysis.