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Effect of initial particle size on the DDT of pressed solid explosives
Author(s) -
Price D.,
Bernecker R. R.
Publication year - 1981
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.19810060103
Subject(s) - explosive material , particle size , picric acid , detonation , deflagration , trinitrotoluene , particle (ecology) , chemistry , range (aeronautics) , particle size distribution , materials science , analytical chemistry (journal) , chromatography , composite material , organic chemistry , geology , oceanography
The effect of the initial particle size on the deflagration to detonation transition (DDT) of pressed, confined explosives has been studied. The explosives examined were ground tetryl, RDX, picric acid, waxed RDX, and waxed HMX. The ground tetryl was studied over the range of 61%−90% theoretical maximum density (TMD); most of the rest of the comparisons were made at 70% TMD. It was found that the initial particle size (or particle size distribution) δ affected the predetonation column length ℓ, the relative time to detonation, and even the apparent mechanism of DDT. Available data in the literature in conjunction with the present results indicate that the curves ℓ versus %TMD at constant δ , and ℓ versus δ at constant %TMD both exhibit a minimum.