PRELIMINARY SCREENING RESULTS FOR AN ELECTRICAL DETONATOR UTILIZING BNCP AS THE PRINCIPAL ENERGETIC MATERIAL

摘要

The Indian Head Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center (IHDIV, NSWC) is the lead service activity for cartridges, Cartridge Actuated Devices (CADs), and Aircrew Escape Propulsion Systems (AEPS) for the Department of Defense. In this role, the CAD Research and Development/Product Improvement Program Branch has been actively investigating newly developed energetic materials for use in aircrew escape applications. Pacific Scientific, Energy Dynamics Division, has been active in the design, development, and production of detonators, cartridges, and CADs for these systems since 1968 Currently, Pacific Scientific is optimizing the production process for a new energetic material, BNCP, for use in these components. BNCP (Tetraamminebis (5-nitro-2H-tetrazolateo-N2) cobalt (III) perchlorate) accepts an input stimulus and produces a detonation output. This paper presents a series of preliminarj screening test results for a Government-owned electrical detonator design where BNCP has replaced the current ignition material. These test results supplement the prior findings which evaluated BNCP in an optical detonator configuration and were presented at the Joint Propulsion Conference in 1996 (AIAA Paper #96-2619).