Response of Lead Azide to Spark Discharges Via a New Parallel-Plate Electrostatic Sensitivity Apparatus.

摘要

The report describes a fixed-gap,spark discharge apparatus having parallel-plate electrodes,and instrumentation for measuring time-dependent spark characteristics. The response of lead azide (RD 1333) to gaseous spark discharge as a function of the electrode geometry and of the properties of the discharge circuit was studied. A method for measuring the energy in the spark gap is described. A computer program was developed for reducing the data from the observed current and voltage waveforms to current,voltage,power and energy in the gap and for plotting these values as a function of time. (Author)