Detonation rate nitrocellulose

According to Kast [28] nitrocellulose powder does not detonate even when very strongly initiated (e.g. 50 g of picric acid or 100 g of tetryl), but may explode with a rate from 1000 to 1800 m/sec. 

Medard [30] also described experiments which were carried out in France by Vieille as early as 1906, Dautriche (1913), Burlot (1920-26) and by himself in 1938. Dautriche found that nitrocellulose powder BM 17 D2 in bands of thickness ca. 44 mm detonated at the rate of 6560-7200 m/sec when initiated by 50 g of picric acid. 

Le Roux and Sartorius [35] have determined the content of nitrogen in polyvinyl alcohol nitrate to be 13.5-14.5%, whereas its theoretical maximum content of nitrogen is 15.75%. The detonation of polyvinyl alcohol nitrate is propagated with a rate similar to that of nitrocellulose of the same nitrogen content. The rate of detonation of polyvinyl nitrate, containing 13.4% of nitrogen, in cardboard cartridges 30 mm dia. is ... 

Solid propellants may be classified as monopropellants or composite propellants. Monopropellants are substances in which the fuel and oxidizer are both contained within the same molecule or at least in a single phase. These materials may either burn slowly at subsonic rates or may decompose rapidly in detonation. Depending on the use to which this type of material is put, it may be classified either as propellant or high explosive. In general, useful monopropellants are difficult to detonate. The typical example of a monopropellant is the so-called double-base propellant. This substance consists of nitrocellulose which has been colloidized by nitroglycerine along with various minor constituents which have been added to... 

All polymers show the relative viscosity of 1% acetone solution between ).l and 1.8 cp. Partial compatibility with nitrocellulose and rubber has been described for polymers lie and lid. The densities of samples II were 1.50-1.64. Polymer Ila showed explosive properties it detonated with the rate of 6200 m/s at d= 1.57,... 

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