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C. H. Detding and co-workers. Insensitive Munitions Characteristics ofAirEaunched In-Service Weapons Summay Keport of Fast Cook-offTimes, Reactions and Ha iards of Bombs, Pockets, Aircraft Guns, Air EaunchedMissiles, Mines and Torpedoes, Naval Weapons Center, China Lake, Calif., Sept. 1989. 

TR6037, Naval Weapons Center, China Lake, Calif., Apr. 1979. 

R. A. Rheia and M. H. Miles, Bromine and Chlorine Fluorides A Review, Naval Weapons Center technical pubHcation 6811, NWC, China Lake, Calif., 1988. 

A major investigative effort using SEM at the US Naval Weapons Center was.concerned with soiia propint combustion (Refs 37, 39 47). 

Fabric Cleaning. The Kevlar-29 woven fabric was obtained through the courtesy of Naval Weapons Center. A special pair of serrated shears was purchased from Technology Associates for cutting the fabric. The fabric (2.5 cm x 18 cm) was placed in a Soxhlet thimble and extracted by 100 ml of chloroform for 24 hours to remove its surface lubricants (about 3% by weight). The fabric was then removed from the thimble and agitated in a 20 ml of hot distilled DMAc for 15 minutes, before it was placed back into the thimble and extracted for another 8 hours using fresh chloroform solvent. The solvent-cleaned fabric was dried in a vacuo at room temperature. 

The authors wish to acknowledge the Naval Weapons Center for support of this work under Contract N60530-83-C-0112, helpful discussion with Mr. R. Tubis and the assistance of Dr. D. Thomas for GC-mass spectra. 

Lowe-Ma, Ch., Robin, A. N. und William, S. W. Diazophenols-Their Structure and Explosive Properties, Naval Weapons Center, China Lake, CA 9355 -6001 Rept.-Nr. WC TP 6810 (1987). 

Rept. 75-159, US Naval Weapons Center, (USNTIS AD-A019919), 1975... 

Since 1978, large-scale LNG spill tests have been conducted by a joint team from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) and the Naval Weapons Center (NWC) (Koopman et al., 1981). The test site was located at NWC, China Lake, California. The program, sponsored primarily by the Department of Energy, had as its principal objective the acquisition of data to aid in modeling both vapor dispersion and thermal radiation effects (from LNG vapor cloud fires). 

R. L. Wilier, Synthesis of a New Energetic Material, 1,4,5,8-Tetranitro-l,4,5,8-tetraazad-ifurano[3,4-c][3,4-h]decalin (CL-15) , NWCTP 6397 (1982), Naval Weapons Center, China Lake, CA. 

C. K. Lowe-Ma, R. A. Nissan and W. S. Wilson, Tetrazolo[l,5-a]pyridines and Eurazano[4,5-b]pyridine-l-oxides as Energetic Materials, NWC TP 6985 (1989), Naval Weapons Center, China Lake, CA. 

Kayser, E. G. et al., Spontaneously Combustible 5b//rfe-Literature Survey, Kept. 75-159, US Naval Weapons Center, (USNTIS AD-A019919), 1975... 

Figure I. Location of sampling site within the Naval Weapons Center, China Lake, CA. Site is located in Indian Welts Valley about 6 miles north of Ridgecrest, population (1979 estimate) 16,000. Highway numbers are designated on map.

This work was supported in part by National Science Foundation grant number PFR76-04179, The Pasadena Lung Association and the Naval Weapons Center at China Lake. We thank Paul Owens and Tom Dodson of the Naval Weapons Center for their assistance in collecting the experimental data. 

Ouimette, J.R., "Survey and Evaluation of the Environmental Impact of Naval Weapon Center Activities " TM 2426, U.S. Naval Center. Available from National Technical Information Service, 1974. 

Mathews, L.A. Cronin, H.E., "Size Distributions of Atmospheric Aerosol at China Lake, California " NWC Technical Memorandum TM 4109 (Unclassified), in preparation. Naval Weapons Center China Lake, CA 93555, 1980. 

Naval Weapons Center China Lake, California... 

Refs 1) Anon, Radio Frequency Hazards Manual , NAVORDOP 3575/NAVAIR 26-1-529 2) Anon, Excerpt from HERO Newsletter No 30, Jan 1970, Commander US Naval Weapons Center, Attn Mr. R.M. Price, Code TE-2, Dalgren,... 

The Air Force at its Armament Development Test Center, Eglin AFB, Florida and the Navy at the Naval Weapons Center, China Lake, Calif have been working separately to perfect a second-gene ration FAE Weapons system as a bomb for high-performance jet aircraft delivery. The Army, meanwhile,... 

Mechanisms and Utility of Fuel-Air Explosives", Naval Weapons Center, China Lake, Calif TP 5444 (Feb 1973) (Not used as a source of info) 15) Staff, AOA Newsletter, The Common Defense", p 2 (16 April 1973)... 

U.S. Bureau of Mines (BoM) Impact Apparatus Method T 505.1, Department of Defense, USA. (b) Department of Defense (1987) MIL-STD-650, Explosives Research Laboratory (ERL) Type 12 Apparatus Method T 511.1, Department of Defense, USA. (c) Kohler, J., and Meyer, R. (1993) Explosives, 4th edn, Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH, Weinheim, Germany. (d) McIntyre, L. (1980) A Compilation of Hazard and Test Data for Pyrotechnic Compositions. Contract Report No. ARLCD-CR-80047, US Army Armament Research and Development Command, Dover, NJ. (e) US Naval Weapons Center (1972) Safety and Performance Tests for Qualification of Explosives, NAVORD OD-44811, Naval Weapons Center, China Lake, CA, USA. ... 

Rhein, R.A. (1983) Energetic Polymers and Plasticizers, Naval Weapons Center,... 

Lind J.C. Whitson, Explosive Hazards Associated with Spill of Large Quantities of Hazardous Materials , Naval Weapons Center, China Lake (1977), (AD-A047-585) 13) R. 

Under contract with the Naval Weapons. Center, R. Stresau Laboratory, Inc, completed the sensitivity calibration of various design expls and two different series of VARICOMP expls (desensitized RDX) (Refs 2 to 7). The work differed from earlier similar efforts in that each expl was calibrated using donors of three diameters (50,100 and 200 mils). One of the VARICOMP mixes has a sensitivity to initiation nearly independent of diameter the other has a sensitivity to initiation highly dependent upon diameter. Reported upon are (1) RDX/ Calcium Stearate binary series (the same as used in the original work), (2) RDX/Calcium soap series, (3) CH-6, (4) PBXN-5, Type I,... 

Stresau, Development of the VARICOMP Method, Expansion of Applicability (To Determine Detonation Transfer Probabilities with Reduced Dependence Upon System Variables). Part 1. Calibration and Characterization of PBXN-5 as Design Explosive , R. Stresau Laboratory, Inc, Spooner, Wis (27 Dec 1972) [Rept RSLR 72-7 for the Naval Weapons Center, China Lake, Calif] 3) Ibid, "Ibid. Part 3. Calibration of RDX/Calcium Stearate Binary System for Use as VARICOMP Surrogates , Ibid (14 Feb 1973) [Rept RSLR 73-1 for the Naval Weapons Center, China Lake, Calif]... 

Ibid, Ibid. Part 5. Calibration of PETN for Use as a Surrogate for PBXN-5 in Safety Tests , Ibid (8 May 1973) [Rept RSLR 73-2 for the Naval Weapons Center, China Lake, Calif]... 

Bradley, Jr, A Unified Theory of Solid Propellant Ignition , Part I, Development of a Mathematical Model, NWC TP 5618, Naval Weapons Center, China Lake, CA (1974)... 

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