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Combustion Mechanisms of High Explosives and their relation with the DDT process
Author(s) -
Isler J.
Publication year - 1991
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.19910160402
Subject(s) - explosive material , combustibility , combustion , process (computing) , mechanism (biology) , hazard , forensic engineering , accidental , environmental science , process engineering , waste management , materials science , computer science , engineering , chemistry , physics , organic chemistry , quantum mechanics , acoustics , operating system
The response fo high explosives to accidental stimuli like bullet impact or thermal aggression is largely dependent on their combustibility, then on their combustion mechanism. The need of products with limited DDT hazard has led to the works presented in this paper. The aims were: to develop a tool allowing to detect the unusual burning process leading to the DDT to improve the knowledge about these processes, and about the features of the high explosives which influence these processes.These works have been performed by studying both classical melt cast high explosives and cast cured (plastic bonded) PBXs.