Ethylenediamine Dinitrate and Its Eutectic Mixtures: A Historical Review of the Literature to 1982

Abstract

Evaluation of captured WW II ammunition and documents indicates that explosives containing both ethylenediamine dinitrate and ammonium nitrate were used successfully as shell and bomb fills by the Germans. Some mixtures also contain other high explosives and aluminum. some such formulation may prove useful in the United States arsenal as a safe, inexpensive bomb fill. Formulation and characteristics of the German explosives and their U.S. analogs are tabulated.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1983
Accession Number
ADA131641

Entities

People

  • Brigitta M. Dobratz

Organizations

  • Los Alamos National Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter IED
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Ammonium Nitrate
  • Ammunition
  • Chemistry
  • Concrete
  • Critical Temperature
  • Decomposition
  • Eutectic Composites
  • Explosions
  • Explosives
  • High Explosives
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Science
  • Munitions
  • Rocket Oxidizers
  • United States

Readers

  • Metallurgy
  • Military History / Militaries and War Studies
  • Organic Chemistry