TATB PBX development (particle size)
Pantex formulated RX-03-BB TATB PBX now being produced has physical properties which are acceptable and consistent from lot-to-lot and batch-to-batch. The latest eight large lots, which varied in size from 225 to 544 kg, have consistent tensile strengths and tensile strains in excess of 0.3 percent. The particle size distributions of the TATB lots used were correlated to physical properties by subjecting the data to a least square linear regression. The physical properties of the PBX are not strongly affected by the TATB particle size distribution. A comparative physical properties test series conducted between Pantex and LLL showed that the sets of data are in close agreement.
- Research Organization:
- Mason and Hanger-Silas Mason Co., Inc., Amarillo, TX (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- EY-76-C-04-0487
- OSTI ID:
- 7303069
- Report Number(s):
- MHSMP-77-18D
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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