Ignition and initiation of potassium picrate and potassium picrate/explosives mixtures
Abstract
Potassium picrate (KP) and KP blended with PETN or HMX can be ignited by a hot wire. Maximum gas pressure generation occurs in several milliseconds and is about 0.3 GPa in a volume of 1 cm/sup 3/. The shock from detonating PETN initiates small, brass-confined pressings of KP to steady detonation velocities of 3.5 to 5.5 km/s in the density range 1.0 to 1.6 Mg/m/sup 3/. KP mixes can be employed as deflagrating donor mixtures in 2 types of electric detonators. In one the high pressure deflagration drives a stress wave into an explosive in which the deflagration is transformed into a detonation. In the other the high pressure accelerates a flying plate which initiates detonation in an acceptor explosive upon impact.
- Authors:
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Los Alamos Scientific Lab., NM (USA)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 6933047
- Report Number(s):
- LA-UR-78-1062; CONF-780813-7
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-36
- Resource Type:
- Conference
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Symposium on high pressures, Paris, France, 22 Aug 1978
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 45 MILITARY TECHNOLOGY, WEAPONRY, AND NATIONAL DEFENSE; CHEMICAL EXPLOSIONS; IGNITION; DETONATIONS; PICRIC ACID; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS; ALKALI METAL COMPOUNDS; AROMATICS; CHEMICAL EXPLOSIVES; EXPLOSIONS; EXPLOSIVES; HYDROXY COMPOUNDS; NITRO COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; PHENOLS; 450100* - Military Technology, Weaponry, & National Defense- Chemical Explosions & Explosives
Citation Formats
Dinegar, R H. Ignition and initiation of potassium picrate and potassium picrate/explosives mixtures. United States: N. p., 1978.
Web.
Dinegar, R H. Ignition and initiation of potassium picrate and potassium picrate/explosives mixtures. United States.
Dinegar, R H. 1978.
"Ignition and initiation of potassium picrate and potassium picrate/explosives mixtures". United States.
@article{osti_6933047,
title = {Ignition and initiation of potassium picrate and potassium picrate/explosives mixtures},
author = {Dinegar, R H},
abstractNote = {Potassium picrate (KP) and KP blended with PETN or HMX can be ignited by a hot wire. Maximum gas pressure generation occurs in several milliseconds and is about 0.3 GPa in a volume of 1 cm/sup 3/. The shock from detonating PETN initiates small, brass-confined pressings of KP to steady detonation velocities of 3.5 to 5.5 km/s in the density range 1.0 to 1.6 Mg/m/sup 3/. KP mixes can be employed as deflagrating donor mixtures in 2 types of electric detonators. In one the high pressure deflagration drives a stress wave into an explosive in which the deflagration is transformed into a detonation. In the other the high pressure accelerates a flying plate which initiates detonation in an acceptor explosive upon impact.},
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year = {Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1978},
month = {Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1978}
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