Integrated Data Collection Analysis (IDCA) Program — Ammonium Nitrate

Technical Report · Fri May 17 00:00:00 EDT 2013

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1305828· OSTI ID:1305828

Sandstrom, Mary M. ^[1]; Brown, Geoffrey W. ^[1]; Preston, Daniel N. ^[1]; Pollard, Colin J. ^[1]; Warner, Kirstin F. ^[2]; Sorensen, Daniel N. ^[2]; Remmers, Daniel L. ^[2]; Phillips, Jason J. ^[3]; Shelley, Timothy J. ^[4]; Reyes, Jose A. ^[5]; Hsu, Peter C. ^[6]; Reynolds, John G. ^[6]

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1. Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
2. Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC), Indian Head, MD (United States). Indian Head Division
3. Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
4. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, Redstone Arsenal, AL (United States)
5. Applied Research Associates, Tyndall AFB, FL (United States)
6. Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)

The Integrated Data Collection Analysis (IDCA) program is conducting a proficiency study for Small- Scale Safety and Thermal (SSST) testing of homemade explosives (HMEs). Described here are the results for impact, friction, electrostatic discharge, and differential scanning calorimetry analysis of ammonium nitrate (AN). AN was tested, in most cases, as both received from manufacturer and dried/sieved. The participants found the AN to be: 1) insensitive in Type 12A impact testing (although with a wide range of values), 2) completely insensitive in BAM friction testing, 3) less sensitive than the RDX standard in ABL friction testing, 4) less sensitive than RDX in ABL ESD testing, and 5) less sensitive than RDX and PETN in DSC thermal analyses.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States); Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States); Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE; US Dept. of Homeland Security (DHS)
• Contributing Organization: Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC), Indian Head, MD (United States); Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, Redstone Arsenal, AL (United States); Applied Research Associates, Tyndall AFB, FL (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC52-07NA27344; AC52-06NA25396; AC04-94AL85000
• OSTI ID: 1305828
• Report Number(s): LLNL-TR-636915
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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