Customized explosives based on plastic-bonded mixtures of TATB and HMX

Conference · Thu Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1981

OSTI ID:6532519

Campbell, A W; Flaugh, H L; Popolato, A; Ramsay, J B

Experimental data are presented for a series of TATB-HMX mixtures with Kel-F 800 binder. Both detonation properties and safety properties were evaluated. The addition of HMX to TATB makes possible a wide range in such properties as specific energy, detonation velocity and divergence, failure diameter and handling safety. This flexibility is not without penalty however. The sensitivity of TATB-HMX mixtures increased rapidly with increasing HMX content, even at relatively low levels of HMX and some trade-off must be made between detonation properties and safety.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Lab., NM (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-36
• OSTI ID: 6532519
• Report Number(s): LA-UR-81-872; CONF-810602-19
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

45 MILITARY TECHNOLOGY, WEAPONRY, AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
450100* -- Military Technology
Weaponry
& National Defense-- Chemical Explosions & Explosives
CHEMICAL EXPLOSIVES
DATA
DETONATIONS
DISPERSIONS
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
EXPLOSIVES
INFORMATION
MIXTURES
NUMERICAL DATA
PERFORMANCE
SAFETY
SENSITIVITY
TATB