Anisotropy in the Ratchet Growth of PBX 9502
- Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
TATB-based compactions and composites are known to undergo “ratchet growth”, an irreversible volume increase that occurs upon heating or cooling of a specimen. Ratchet growth likely arises because the coefficient of thermal expansion of the TATB crystals is strongly anisotropic, but the exact mechanism is not well-understood. TATB crystals in solid, plastic-bonded, explosive PBX 9502 parts can have a preferred crystallographic orientation (texture) caused by the compaction process. As a result, the irreversible strain associated with PBX 9502 ratchet growth is anisotropic. The present paper relates the magnitude of ratchet growth to the crystalline anisotropy of the TATB crystals. The crystalline anisotropy is measured by x-ray diffraction and the ratchet growth is measured by a digital image-correlation technique.
- Research Organization:
- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC52-06NA25396
- OSTI ID:
- 1172867
- Report Number(s):
- LA-UR-15-21827
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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