High explosive compound

Patent · 31 December 1975

OSTI ID:862532

Crawford, Theodore C ^[1]

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1. Los Alamos, NM

1. A low detonation velocity explosive consisting essentially of a particulate mixture of ortho-boric acid and trinitrotoluene, said mixture containing from about 25 percent to about 65 percent by weight of ortho-boric acid, said ortho-boric acid comprised of from 60 percent to 90 percent of spherical particles having a mean particle size of about 275 microns and 10 percent to 40 percent of spherical particles having a particle size less than about 44 microns.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-36
• Assignee: United States of America as represented by United States Energy (Washington, DC)
• Patent Number(s): US 3956039
• OSTI ID: 862532
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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