THE DETONATION BEHAVIOR OF AMMONIUM PERCHLORATE AS A FUNCTION OF CHARGE DENSITY AND DIAMETER

Abstract

The detonability limits and detonation behavior were studied for a finely ground ammonium perchlorate (AP). The typical finite diameter D vs rho sub o curve is non-linear and exhibits a maximum in detonation velocity. The failure curve d sub c (diameter) vs rho sub c (critical density) shows a monotonic increase in d sub c with rho sub c in the range rho sub o 1.0 g/cc and is opposite in trend to that for TNT.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 20, 1967
Accession Number
AD0818804

Entities

People

  • A. R. Clairmont Jr.
  • Darren Price
  • I. Jaffe

Organizations

  • Naval Ordnance Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter IED

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Ammonium Perchlorate
  • Charge Density
  • Chemistry
  • Combustion
  • Composite Materials
  • Composite Propellants
  • Equations
  • Explosives
  • Films
  • High Density
  • Low Density
  • Materials
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Science
  • Munitions
  • Ordnance Laboratories
  • Particle Size

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Combustion science or combustion engineering.
  • Explosive Engineering.
  • Mathematics or Statistics