The Effect of Cryogenic Temperatures on Various Commercial Batteries

Abstract

Many Improvised Explosive Devices (IED's) are fired by discharging electricity from a battery directly into an electric detonator. The purpose of this study was to determine if one possible method for defeating these type IED's would be to cool the batteries to cryogenic temperatures. Only those batteries readily available to the general public were investigated.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1973
Accession Number
AD0911451

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  • John D. Hoyt

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  • Counter IED
  • Energy and Power Technologies

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  • Abstracts
  • Arithmetic
  • Detonators
  • Electric Detonators
  • Electricity
  • Explosive Devices
  • Explosive Ordnance Disposal
  • Explosives
  • Improvised Explosive Devices
  • Munitions
  • Standards
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Methods
  • Transistors

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