Development of a high-tensile-strain plastic-bonded TATB explosive.

摘要

Typical plastic-bonded explosives (PBX) with greater than 90 weight-percent explosive filler in a fluorocarbon binder have tensile strains which range from 0.2 to 0.6(percent). We have recently developed a TATB-based PBX with a tensile strain approaching 1(percent) while maintaining a high-volume loading of the crystalline explosive component. We discuss our formulation efforts to design a TATB/poly(styrene-(ethylene-butylene)-styrene)(Kraton)(sup 1) PBX and the critical processing parameters which affect the ultimate mechanical properties of this PBX. 9 refs., 3 figs., 5 tabs. (ERA citation 15:033030)