Detonation chemistry apparatus experiments with nonreactive liquids, reactive liquids, and a reactive solid

Technical Report · Wed May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1996

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/244544· OSTI ID:244544

Lyman, J; Fry, H; Breshears, D; Romero, J

The detonation chemistry apparatus was designed to analyze the results of detonating small quantities of explosives or the results of rapidly mixing reactants. The diagnostics are rapid Schlieren photography of the emitted plume (up to 10 photographs per microsecond) and rapid mass spectroscopy (12 {micro}s per scan). The authors report here the results of a series of experiments with two liquids that do not react exothermically and another series with liquids that do react exothermically. They also report some experiments with a solid reactant, Teflon.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-36
• OSTI ID: 244544
• Report Number(s): LA-13122-MS; ON: DE96011253; TRN: AHC29613%%19
• Resource Relation: Other Information: PBD: May 1996
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

45 MILITARY TECHNOLOGY, WEAPONRY, AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
40 CHEMISTRY
TEST FACILITIES
DESIGN
TEFLON
DECOMPOSITION
ORDNANCE
DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES
SCHLIEREN METHOD
ULTRAHIGH-SPEED PHOTOGRAPHY
TIME-OF-FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETERS
WATER
HEAVY WATER
PHOSPHATES
OXIDIZERS
CARBON TETRAFLUORIDE
OXYFLUORIDES
PHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS