Sensitivity electrostatic discharge

The explosive was exhaustively characterized for thermal behavior, impact sensitivity and electrostatic discharge sensitivity etc. Based on this data, CP has been described as much less sensitive to accidental initiation than primary explosives such as LA but at the same time, initiation grows rapidly to detonation when properly confined. Its performance evaluation in a test detonator or hardware indicates that CP can replace primary explosives in many hot wire detonator applications especially if safety considerations are of prime importance [239]. 

For a fixed distance, sparking occurs at a critical voltage leading to smoke, flame, flash, crackling, decomposition, ignition or explosion. This critical voltage is a measure of electric spark or electrostatic discharge sensitivity of the explosive under test [71-73]. 

Impact, shock, friction and electrostatic discharge sensitivities Thermal stabilities Densities Melting points Reaction enthalpies... 

How does the electrostatic discharge sensitivity (ESD) usually depend on the particle (grain) size ... 

Vermillion, R. J., 2008, Considering static control for electrostatic discharge-sensitive medical device packaging, Pharm. Med. Packaging News 16(2) 54-62 (February). 

Energetic Materials and Methods of Tailoring Electrostatic Discharge Sensitivity of Energetic Materials, Inventors Michael A. Daniels, Ronald J. Heaps, Ronald S. Wallace, Michelle L. Pantoya and Eric CoUins, fiUed with US Patent office October 2013. US Patent Number 2939-11946. 

P. S. Wang and G. F. Hall, Friction, impact, and electrostatic discharge sensitivities of pyrotechnic materials A comparative study, presented at Proceedings of the 13th International Pyrotechnics Seminar, Grand Junction, CO, 1988. 

EIA-JESD30B Descriptive Designation System for Semiconductor Device Packages JESD-625A Requirements for Handling Electrostatic-Discharge-Sensitive (ESDS) Devices... 

The electrostatic discharge sensitivity of LS is significantly higher than such sensitivity in other primary explosives. This creates problems for the technology used in its production and processing. 

The sensitivity of lead azide depends on its crystalline form. Experimental values of the sensitivities of a, (3, and y-forms published by Wyatt are sununarized in Table 4.2. The y modification of LA is more sensitive to impact but less sensitive to friction than the a and (3 forms. The electrostatic discharge sensitivity is about the same for all three polymorphs according to the author. The difference between 1.2 pJ and 2.0 pJ was claimed to be not too significant. On the other hand, the sensitivity of the y-form to mechanical stimuli and electrostatic discharge is reported not to be significantly higher than that of the a and p forms according to Taylor and Thomas [18]. 

Electrostatic discharge sensitivity s (kV) >25 (loose powder) >25 (loose powder) [38]... 

NATO STANAG 4490 Document Information, Explosives, Electrostatic Discharge Sensitivity Tests, 2001. 

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