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The rheology of a high‐concentration triaminotrinitrobenzene/trinitrotoluene (TATB/TNT) suspension
Author(s) -
Billon H. H.
Publication year - 1994
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.19940190506
Subject(s) - thixotropy , suspension (topology) , trinitrotoluene , rheology , tatb , chemical engineering , materials science , slurry , chromatography , chemistry , composite material , organic chemistry , explosive material , detonation , mathematics , homotopy , pure mathematics , engineering
The rheology of a slurry of 1,3,5‐triamino‐2,4,6‐trinitrobenzene(TATB) in molten 2,4,6‐trinitrotoluene (TNT) suspension has been investigated. It was found that at high concentrations these suspensions are thixotropic. It has also been shown that these suspensions possess a shear‐dependent maximum packing fraction. This fact is relevant to the processing of these suspensions. A thixotropic model has been developed that successfully predicts flow curves for a chosen high concentration suspension.