Thermal Initiation of Confined Primary Explosives with a Proton Beam

Abstract

The thermal initiation characteristics of the primary explosives lead azide and lead styphnate have been studied by heating confined samples with a 200-MeV proton beam. Values were obtained for thermal initiation thresholds, explosion temperatures, and average specific heats. Thresholds and explosion temperatures, and average specific heats. Thresholds and explosion temperatures were found to depend strongly on the beam heating rate. Keywords: Explosives; Proton beam; Thermal initiation.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1989
Accession Number
ADA212954

Entities

People

  • A. Stolovy
  • J. M. Kidd

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter IED
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Calorimeters
  • Charged Particles
  • Dosimetry
  • Electron Beams
  • Explosions
  • Explosives
  • Ions
  • Lead Azides
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Proton Beams
  • Protons
  • Radiation
  • Specific Heat
  • Styphnates
  • Subatomic Particles

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

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