Shock Sensitivity of PBXN-109 When Containing Different RDX Fills Without and With Aging

Abstract

The influence of different RDX sources on shock reaction and sensitivity was evaluated for a standard explosive in which Class 1 RDX is both the major and only detonable ingredient. Shock reaction in PBXN-109 with seven different RDX fills - Type I, Type II, and reduced sensitivity - from five producers has been studied in three different gap test arrangements. Only the larger tests indicated differences in sensitivity. Dyno Nobel RS-RDX and Royal Ordnance RDX were less sensitive to high velocity detonation (HVD), but exhibited low velocity detonation at a similar threshold as HVD for other fills. After aging for 13 months at 70 degrees C only Dyno Nobel RS-RDX persisted in its insensitivity.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 2011
Accession Number
ADA556025

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  • Harold W. Sandusky

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  • Naval Surface Warfare Center Indian Head Division

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  • Counter IED
  • Human Systems

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  • Aerial Warfare
  • Air Gaps
  • Detonations
  • Detonators
  • Energetic Materials
  • Explosions
  • Explosive Devices
  • Explosives
  • High Explosives
  • Insensitive Explosives
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Measurement
  • Military Research
  • Munitions
  • Particle Size
  • Pilot Plants
  • Warfare

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