DETONATION PERFORMANCES OF LOW-SENSITIVITY NTO/HMX EXPLOSIVES

摘要

Detonating performances of new explosive compositions containing NTO and HMX are investigated in this work. Detonation velocity, pressure and energy of the mixtures tested and acceleration ability and equation of state of their detonation products are determined. Shock and impact sensitivity is evaluated in the gap test and heavy hammer test. The compositions investigated can be considered as a suitable insensitive explosive to replace TNT/RDX mixtures in munitions applications.