Electron Beam Irradiation of High Explosives.

摘要

Samples of PBX-9404and HBX-1explosives were irradiated with an electron beam of nominal energy 2.1MeV and fluence 110 J/cm exp 2to investigate possible increased sensitivity due to the electrical discharge currents. The peak energy density and peak pressure were estimated to be approximately 145 J/gm and 35kbar respectively. The samples broke into small pieces but no evidence of burn was observed.