A MODIFIED PICATINNY ARSENAL EXPLOSION TEMPERATURE TEST FOR DETERMINING THERMAL SENSITIVITY OF EXPLOSIVES UNDER CONTROLLED VAPOR EXPOSURES

Abstract

The Picatinny Arsenal explosion temperature test was modified to study the effect produced on the induction period by vapors in contact with the surface of explosives. The test was found to be reproducible and significantly responsive to changes in times to explosion and activation energy of RDX, PbN6, and RDX/PbN6 mixture exposed to H2O and Freon vapors. These changes are postulated to be a function of vapor-surface interactions which correspondingly alter the rate of surface heat dissipation and mechanism of chemical reactions which initiate explosive decomposition.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1968
Accession Number
AD0668230

Entities

People

  • Andrew F. Smetana
  • Everett W. Dalrymple
  • Jerome Haberman
  • Thomas C. Castorina

Organizations

  • Picatinny Arsenal

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Communities of Interest

  • Counter IED

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Adsorption
  • Assembly
  • Barometric Pressure
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Decomposition
  • Displacement
  • Energy
  • Equations
  • Explosions
  • Explosive Decomposition
  • Explosives
  • Heat Energy
  • Heat Of Activation
  • Mathematical Analysis
  • Surface Properties
  • Uncertainty

Readers

  • Agricultural Chemistry/Soil Science
  • Combustion science or combustion engineering.
  • ballistics.