Composite Explosives for Metal Acceleration: The Effect of Detonation Temperature

摘要

Our previous work in the area of composite explosives has emphasized the necessity of small particle size and intimate contact between fuel and oxidizer in obtaining prompt performance from fuel/oxidizer mixtures. This work has provided a basis for our definition of a composite explosive as ''an explosive system that requires the transport, mixing and subsequent reaction of the initial decomposition products of the system components in order to achieve the predicted detonation performance''. In this paper we present our general working model and present experimental evidence demonstrating the importance of detonation temperature in achieving performance from composite explosives in metal acceleration experiments. 6 refs., 7 figs., 1 tab. (ERA citation 10:037568)