Hydrostatic compression of explosives and detonation products to 10 GPa (100 kbars) and their calculated shock compression: results for PETN, TATB, CO/sub 2/, and H/sub 2/O

Conference · Wed Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 1975

OSTI ID:7268907

Olinger, B W; Cady, H H

The isothermal linear and volume compressions of PETN, TATB, CO/sub 2/, and H/sub 2/O are determined from x-ray diffraction patterns taken at hydrostatic pressures up to 10 GPa. From the compressions the Hugoniots of these materials are calculated assuming that the heat capacity at constant volume and the ratio of the Grueneisen constant to the specific volume both remain constant over the 10 GPa pressure range studied here. The Hugoniots in shock-particle velocity coordinates centered at 0 GPa, 293/sup 0/K, are given.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos Scientific Lab., N.Mex. (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-36
• OSTI ID: 7268907
• Report Number(s): LA-UR-76-1174; CONF-760805-6
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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45 MILITARY TECHNOLOGY, WEAPONRY, AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
450100* -- Military Technology
Weaponry
& National Defense-- Chemical Explosions & Explosives
CARBON COMPOUNDS
CARBON DIOXIDE
CARBON OXIDES
CHALCOGENIDES
CHEMICAL EXPLOSIVES
COMPRESSION
DETONATIONS
ESTERS
EXPLOSIVES
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
NITRATES
NITRIC ACID ESTERS
NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PETN
WATER