Detonation rate nitrate

Deutsche Ammongelatine Dinitrochlorohydrin 30, NC 3, DNT with TNT 10, AN 45, Na nitrate 10 woodmeal 2% its density was 1.45, brisance by Kast formula 82xl06 vs 86xl06 for TNT, detonation rate 6900m/sec, Trauzl test value 400 cc, heat of explosion 1100kcal/kg and temperature of explosion 2570°C (Ref %, p Ger 5)... 

Abel Powder or Picric Powder. A mixt for priming PA(picric acid) invented in 1869 by Sir F. A. Abel Amm pi crate 40 K nitrate 60% (Ref 1). French used a similar compn called Brugere(poudre). In Ref 2, the compn of picric powder is given as Amm picrate 43 A K nitrate 57% vel solid.dec without melting brisance — less than TNT ballistic strength ca 75% TNT deton rate ca 3500 m/s vs 6900 for TNT sensitivity to impact, rifle bullet and initiation — comparable to tetryl stability and compatibility with metals — comp arable to Amm picrate. Was used during WWII by the British as a booster in AP projectiles filled with Sbellite(qv)... 

Tetramethylolcyclopentanone (III) is an intermediate product in the above reaction chain. It can be nitrated to give a tetranitrate, m.p. 74°C (nitropentanone). Friedrich and Flick report the explosion heat of nitropentanone as 820 kcal/kg, /= 10,680 m and the detonation rate 7940 m/sec at a density of 1.59 g/cm3. These substances are not in practical use at present. 

He found that ammonium nitrate containing 5-8% of water at a loading density 0.5 can be brought to detonation by a very strong initiator such as a No. 6 detonator with 15 g of TNT. With a 60 g TNT detonator, ammonium nitrate of even 10% water content can detonate in a 35/40.4 mm steel tube at a rate of 1900 m/sec. 

Urbanski (Ref 53) also studied the effect of addition of such non-solvent liqs as H20, C7H14, CHO3, iso-CsHuOH, glycerol, castor oil, o-and p-nitrotoluene, PhNH2, and glycerol triacetate, on the deton rate of RDX. He also found that as liq content increased, the D vs %liq curve passes thru a max. Kegler (Ref 65) investigated the effect of the addition of w and aq solns of amm nitrate or hydroxide, hydrazine or nitric acid on the D of RDX. Unfortunately his data are unavailable to us... 

This explosive is more powerful than C-4 plastique explosive. With its high detonation rate and great bristance, it should find some use. It is more sensitive than most explosives obtained from AN, since it is not AN but hydrazine nitrate. This explosive liquid is very corrosive and this should be taken into affect when suitable containers are rounded up in which to place the explosive. Hydrazine is a hard chemical to find. Used as a rocket fuel, obtaining this chemical could arouse suspicion. It is used as a boiler deoxygenator and perhaps could be procured for this purpose. The manufacture is simple with the AN prills being dissolved in the hydrazine by small additions with good ventilation, as ammonia gas is produced by the reaction. 

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