Ammonium perchlorate explosive behavior

Price, "Contrasting Patterns in the Behavior of High Explosives , llthSympCombstn (1967), p 695, Fig 4, which shows that for Group 2 explosives deton vel at first increases with density, then it falls, and finally the detonation fails) 10) D. Price et al, "Explosive Behavior of Ammonium Perchlorate , Combustion Flame 11, p 419, Figs 5 6 (1967) (Detonation velocity vs density of AP curves show that increase of density above critical values results in failures)... 

D. Price et al, "Explosive Behavior of Ammonium Perchlorate , Combustion 8t Flame 11, 415-25 (Oct 1967) 16) C.G. Dunkle, private... 

Ammonium perchlorate (NH4CIO4) This is a good oxidizer, and can be used to make excellent propellants and colored flames. However, it is a self-contained oxidizer-fuel system (much like ammonium nitrate), poses potential explosive behavior in large quantities, and is a member of the perchlorate family. 

There are several different types of nonideal behavior including that exhibited by inert metal loaded explosives,by mixtures of explosives and ammonium salts such as ammonium nitrate or ammonium perchlorate, by mixtures of nonexplosive fuel and ammonium salts, and probably by other types not yet identified. To evaluate the performance of nonideal explosives, much more experimental data are required than for conventional high explosives. 

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