Structure/Property Correlations in Primary Explosives.

Abstract

The basic difference between a primary and a secondary explosive is that a primary undergoes a faster transition from deflagration to detonation. The problem is to develop a model that will predict the time for detonation to deflagration transition (DDT) from chemical structure alone. A research program was proposed to solve the problem. The first step in the research is to measure the time for DDT for three cast primary explosives, namely, 1- and 2-methyl-5-nitrotetrazole and 5-azidotetrazole.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1975
Accession Number
ADA026826

Entities

People

  • Robert Shaw

Organizations

  • SRI International

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter IED

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Chemical Reactions
  • Combustion
  • Deflagration
  • Detonations
  • Energetic Materials
  • Explosions
  • Explosives
  • Transitions

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Explosive Engineering.
  • Polymer Science and Technology