Thermal Initiation of High Explosives with an Electron Beam.

Abstract

The condition under which high explosives undergo thermal initiation were studied under dynamic conditions by measuring the temperature of samples while they were irradiated by 40-MeV electrons at the NRL Linac. Values were obtained for the thermal initiation threshold and the explosion temperature for the following high explosives: Composition B, TATB, HBX-1, PBX-9404 and Pentolite. Theoretical values based upon a single rate Arrhenius formula are in reasonable agreement with the experimental results. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 08, 1979
Accession Number
ADA077535

Entities

People

  • A. I. Namenson
  • A. Stolovy
  • E. C. Jones Jr.
  • J. B. Aviles Jr.

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter IED
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aluminum
  • Arrhenius Equation
  • Calorimeters
  • Data Acquisition
  • Electron Beams
  • Electrons
  • Energy
  • Exothermic Reactions
  • Explosions
  • Explosives
  • Heat Capacity
  • High Explosives
  • Materials
  • Military Research
  • Pentolite
  • Plastic Bonded Explosives
  • Repetition Rate

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Materials Science and Engineering.
  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.
  • Rocket Propulsion.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Microelectronics