Comparison of the Optical Reflectivity of a Shock Front in Liquid Water and in Liquid Nitromethane

Abstract

Shock front optical reflectivity data for liquid water at 5.8 kbar and for liquid nitromethane at 6.0 kbar are analyzed with a reflectivity theory containing reflection within the shock front. Comparison of the analyses for water and for nitromethane leads to the conclusion that additional physics is necessary to explain the nitromethane data. It is suggested that the experimental-theoretical discrepancy for nitromethane is optical-path-length dependent, and that discrepancy is possibly due to thermal fluctuations related to explosive chemistry.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1982
Accession Number
ADA123366

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  • Henri-noel Presles
  • Paul Harris

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  • United States Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center

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  • Counter IED
  • Weapons Technologies

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  • Angle Of Incidence
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Chemistry
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  • Chemistry
  • Physics

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