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Testing of Low‐Sensitivity Explosives from the safety point of view
Author(s) -
WollertJohansen P.
Publication year - 1978
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/prep.19780030108
Subject(s) - explosive material , sensitivity (control systems) , process (computing) , work (physics) , process engineering , computer science , slurry , environmental science , nuclear engineering , forensic engineering , reliability engineering , mechanical engineering , engineering , chemistry , environmental engineering , organic chemistry , electronic engineering , operating system
The world's explosive industry is changing. New non‐nitroglycerin explosives of different sensitivities and physical characteristics are being developed. Many slurry explosives are mixed and pumped at elevated temperatures, and powder explosives will often be exposed to higher than ambient temperatures in the process equipment. explosives? Is it possible that different fractions of a powder explosive have different sensitivities? Which test methods can we use to evaluate sensitivity? Will the results tell us something we can apply in practical safety evaluations of explosives and process equipment? These are some of the questions we have asked. In this note some results from our work on sensitivity testing are reported. What effect has temperature on the sensitivity of “insensitive” explosives? Is i t possible that different fractions of a powder explosive have different sensitivities? Which test methods can we use to evaluate sensitivity? Will the results tell us something we can apply in practical safety evaluations of explosives and process equipment? These are some of the questions we have asked. In this note some results from our work on sensitivity testing are reported.