Nomenclature and Cataloguing of Experimental Explosive Compositions

Abstract

Australia is becoming increasingly involved with the development and assessment of new explosive compositions to meet the Australian Defense Force's Insensitive Munitions and performance requirements. Up to this point, however, no procedure has been in place to systematically record the details of new R&D explosive formulations developed by DSTO. This note describes the Australian Research eXplosive (ARX) nomenclature system which classifies experimental compositions, developed by DSTO, according to their binder type and/or processing method. The supporting Propellant/Explosives Processing Sheet (PEPS) database used to record ARX numbers, create formulation mixing instructions and record hazard and performance data is also described.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 2000
Accession Number
ADA381490

Entities

People

  • Matthew D. Cliff
  • Richard M. Dexter

Organizations

  • Defence Science and Technology Group

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Ammunition
  • Australia
  • Databases
  • Department Of Defense
  • Explosives
  • High Explosive Ammunition
  • High Explosives
  • Information Exchange
  • Insensitive Explosives
  • Materials
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Munitions
  • Nomenclature
  • Propellants
  • Technical Information Centers
  • Weapons

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