PI Index: A New Quantitative Scale for Screening Insensitive High Energy Density Materials

摘要

A great deal of effort has been given to develop better insensitive high energy density materials (IHEDMs) to be used in explosives, propellants, and pyrotechnics.1'2 One of difficulties encountered in deriving excellent IHEDMs was that some IHEDM candidates that had great power were generally quite sensitive to deal with, while IHEDM candidates that appeared to be significantly insensitive were not so great in explosive power.