Proceedings of the Symposium on Sensitiveness and Safety of Initiators, 17th April-25th June 1969

Abstract

;Contents: Present status of sensitiveness testing; Assessment of anti-static materials; Assessment of hazards associated with the storage and transport of wet initiatory compositions; Safety certificates and factory safety precautions; A recent incident with lead styphnate; The explosive reactivity of metal azides; New data on the electrostatic sensitiveness of copper and silver azides.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 25, 1969
Accession Number
AD0726503

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People

  • J. M. Jenkins

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Communities of Interest

  • Counter IED
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accidents
  • Capacitance
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Decomposition
  • Energy
  • Explosions
  • Explosives
  • Ignition
  • Lead Azides
  • Mass Production
  • Materials
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Processing
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Sodium Azides
  • Sodium Compounds
  • Test Equipment

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