Reduced Sensitivity RDX Round Robin Program

Abstract

Reduced Sensitivity RDX - Background (1) In the late 1990s Eurenco (an SNPE company) reported an "insensitive" form of RDX (I-RDX) * Woolwich synthesis * Employed proprietary recrystallization process -- process on industrial scale for >10+ years -- Produced RDX that displayed reduced sensitivity to shock initiation as measured by Large Scale Gap Test + other tests (2) Subsequently, other manufacturers have also reported forms of RDX that exhibit reduced sensitivity to shock (3) Of these, ADI and RO also employ the Woolwich process, while Dyno and Eurenco Bofors employ the Bachmann process.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 26, 2006
Accession Number
ADA472267

Entities

People

  • Duncan Watt
  • Lori A. Nock
  • Ruth M. Doherty

Organizations

  • Naval Surface Warfare Center Indian Head Division

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Confocal Microscopy
  • Crystals
  • Data Analysis
  • Explosives
  • Impact Tests
  • Insensitive Explosives
  • Microscopy
  • Munitions
  • Particle Size
  • Particles
  • Scattering
  • Sensitivity
  • Surface Transportation
  • Workshops
  • X Rays
  • X-Ray Diffraction

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