The Effect of a High Energy Electron Beam on Explosives.

摘要

The effect of a sixty million electron volt beam,produced by a linear accelerator and focused on standard explosives,varying in weight from three to twenty-five milligrams,has been studied. Doses in the range from 1 x 10to the ninth power rads to 3.2 x 10to the tenth power rads completely desensitized lead azide but had no effect on the explosive behavior of lead styphnate. The desensitization tests on explosives consisted of both heat and impact test methods. (Author)