Desensitization of Explosive Materials

Abstract

The Armed Services have continuing problems with explosive materials with regard to their optimum formulation, end-use fabrication, toxicity, irregular burning, and premature detonation. Of these problems, accidental initiation of explosives has been one of the most formidable for research and technology developments to overcome. Because many approaches to the solution of hazard problems have become standardized, few new advances have been made to desensitize explosive ingredients. However, in earlier work for Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, desensitization of bis(Fluorodinitroethyl) formal (FEFO) was achieved by substituting the hydrogen of the aldehydic carbon, -OCH2O-, with fluorine to produce bis(fluorodinitroethyl) difluoroformal (DFF).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 15, 1978
Accession Number
ADA058467

Entities

People

  • John M. Guimont
  • Marion E. Hill

Organizations

  • SRI International

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter IED
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boiling Point
  • Chemical Synthesis
  • Chemistry
  • Chlorides
  • Ethers
  • Explosives
  • Fluorine
  • Hydrogen
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Military Research
  • Organic Chemistry
  • Physical Properties
  • Sodium Compounds
  • Thermal Stability
  • Vapor Pressure

Readers

  • Electrical Engineering
  • Munitions and Ordnance Engineering
  • Systems Analysis and Design