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Detonation velocities of the Non‐Ideal Explosive Ammonium Nitrate
Author(s) -
Van Steen A. C. Der,
Kodde H. H.,
Miyake A.
Publication year - 1990
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.19900150206
Subject(s) - detonation , explosive material , ammonium nitrate , detonation velocity , mechanics , materials science , ideal (ethics) , ammonium , equation of state , deflagration to detonation transition , thermodynamics , chemistry , physics , law , organic chemistry , political science
Abstract In order to gain a better understanding of the detonation behaviour of the non‐ideal explosive ammonium nitrate, the detonation velocities of low density prilled ammonium nitrate were measured in steel tubes with different diameters and wall thicknesses. It was found that the tube diameter has a much greater effect on the detonation velocity than the confinement. The highest value observed (3.95 km/s) coincides with the ideal detonation velocity as predicted by the TIGER code in combination with the JCZ3 equation of state.