Response of Lead Azide to Spark Discharges Via a New Parallel-Plate Electrostatic Sensitivity Apparatus

Abstract

The report describes a fixed-gap, spark discharge apparatus having parallel-plate electrodes, and instrumentation for measuring time-dependent spark characteristics. The response of lead azide (RD 1333) to gaseous spark discharge as a function of the electrode geometry and of the properties of the discharge circuit was studied. A method for measuring the energy in the spark gap is described. A computer program was developed for reducing the data from the observed current and voltage waveforms to current, voltage, power and energy in the gap and for plotting these values as a function of time.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1973
Accession Number
AD0768161

Entities

People

  • Maurice S. Kirshenbaum

Organizations

  • Picatinny Arsenal

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Assembly
  • Calorific Value
  • Electric Fields
  • Electrodes
  • Electromagnetic Fields
  • Explosive Devices
  • Explosives
  • Geometry
  • Lead Azides
  • Plane Geometry
  • Probability
  • Resistance
  • Spark Gaps
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Methods
  • Tilt/Vibration Switches
  • Voltage

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Plasma Physics.