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Reaction Thresholds in Unconfined and Confined Charges by Shock Load
Author(s) -
Held Manfred
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
propellants, explosives, pyrotechnics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.56
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1521-4087
pISSN - 0721-3115
DOI - 10.1002/1521-4087(200006)25:3<107::aid-prep107>3.0.co;2-c
Subject(s) - physics , explosive material , humanities , chemistry , art , organic chemistry
The threshold values were determined of putty type of high explosives, as C4 and uncured KS34 (HMX/polybutadiene 82/18), in unconfined and confined gap test arrangements. As expected, the initiation threshold is less in confined charges compared to unconfined charges.