Sensitivity Fundamentals

Abstract

The report summarizes research on the relationship between detonation phenomena, chemical structure, and kinetics for isomeric dinitropropanes and other nitroalkanes. Research on dinitropropanes is being carried out in three areas: high velocity detonation (HVD), low velocity detonation (LVD), and static high pressure and kinetic effects. Smooth-shock reaction times measurements on 1,1-DNE (dinitroethane) 1,1,1-FDNE (fluorodinitroethane), 1,1-DNP (dintropropane), and 2,2-DNP confirm previous findings that at constant preshock temperature the shock pressure required to produce a specific reaction time is greater when there is no hydrogen-atom alpha to the nitro group and when an additional methylene group is present. The largest contribution to the variation of failure diameter with initial temperature is the variation in smooth-shock reaction time.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1972
Accession Number
AD0749797

Entities

People

  • David S. Ross
  • Marion E. Hill
  • Robert Shaw
  • Robert W. Woolfolk
  • Theordore Mill

Organizations

  • SRI International

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Alkanes
  • Chemical Kinetics
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Chemical Synthesis
  • Chemistry
  • Decomposition
  • Equations
  • Fission
  • Heat Of Activation
  • High Pressure
  • Materials
  • Military Research
  • Organic Materials
  • Physical Properties
  • Pressure Measurement
  • Reaction Time
  • Thermochemistry

Readers

  • Combustion Dynamics and Shock Wave Physics.
  • Explosive Engineering.
  • Organic Chemistry