Patterns in the-Behavior of High Explosives

These groups can be subdivided into pure expls mixts of expls with a nonexpl fuel. 

The quantity 100A is equal to 100(pj/pv). where pj is loading density and pv voidless density. The quantity (1-A) is the volume fraction of voids in the charge 

Fra I Detonability limits in the charge diameter-porosity plane, Group 1. Example shown is TNT (grain site 0.07 to 0.2 mm) data (Ref i) 

Fig 3 Pattern of detonation velocity vs porosity curves at various charge diameterB, Group 1. Example shown is HBX-1 (RDX/TNT/Al/Wax, 40/38/17/5) data 

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A.Ya. Apin, "Low Velocity Detonation in Pulverized Explosives , Scientific and Technical Problems of Combustion No 1, 109 11 (1965). Thru USDeptCommerce JRRS 32529, pp 151-55, TT65-33008 X) C.L. Mader, "The Time-Dependent Reaction Zone of Ideal Gases, Nitromethane and Liquid TNT , LASL Rept LA-3764 (1967) Y) D. Price, "Contrasting Patterns in the Behavior of High Explosives , 1 lthSympCombstn(1967), pp 693-702 Z )S.R. Brinkley, "Tempera-... 

Detonation, Contrasting Patterns in the Behavior of High Explosives in. See Contrasting Patterns in the Behavior of High Explosives... 

Titles of three papers and pages indicated in the text 18) D. Price, "Contrasting Patterns in the Behavior of High Explosives , llthSympCombstn (1967), pp 693-702 19) A.N. Dremin, "Critical... 

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)... 

Critical diameter-critical density relationship lor composite explosives given by Gordon in Ref 13, pp 837-38 is abstracted in this Vol under "Detonation Limits in Composite Explosives", Critical diameter-critical density relationship in condensed explosives, given by Gordon in Ref 14, pp 180-85 8t 193-96 is abstracted in this Vol under "Detonation Limits in Condensed Explosives . The resume of paper by Price (Ref 15) is given in this Vol under the title "Contrasting Patterns in the Behavior of High Explosives ... 

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