Affiliation:
1. University of Rhode Island Chemistry dept 140 Flagg Rd. Kingston RI 02881
2. US Army and Department of Homeland Security Science & Technology Directorate Warton NJ 07885
Abstract
AbstractThe influence of additives on the detonation velocity of a polyethylene wax/RDX formulation was examined. Additives included species of various shock impedance: glass microballoons; glass microspheres; polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) microspheres; thermally expandable microspheres (TEMs); and PMMA microencapsulated pentaerythritol tetranitrate (PETN). Performance of the insensitive explosive 2,4‐dinitroanisole (DNAN) was enhanced by addition of PETN‐either neat or encapsulated, but encapsulation did not increase the sensitivity of the formulation. The energy contribution of the encapsulated PETN to the detonation front of the insensitive explosive 2,4‐dinitroanisole (DNAN) was also demonstrated. Present in 5 wt%, the encapsulated PETN allowed DNAN to sustain a reaction (5.36 km/s) at 13 mm, well below its critical diameter.
Subject
General Chemical Engineering,General Chemistry
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