Year: 2009
Type: conference-paper
Abstract: We present detonation copper cylinder test results on aged PBX 9404 explosive. The charges were newly pressed from 37.5 year‐old molding powder. We compare these results to equivalent data performed on the same lot when it was 3.5 years old. Comparison of the detonation energy inferred from detonation speed to that inferred from wall motion suggests that the HMX energy is unchanged, the NC energy has decreased by ∼88%, and that ∼89% of the NC decomposition products are retained in the molding powder.
Source: AIP conference proceedings
DOI: 10.1063/1.3295044
Institution: Los Alamos National Laboratory
Language: English
Subfield: Mechanics of Materials
Field: Engineering
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1967457244