Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) as a Complement to Large-Scale Detonations and Means to Characterize Intermediates STL-05-14, Year 2 of 2

Conference · Thu Sep 17 00:00:00 EDT 2015

OSTI ID:1527184

Kimblin, Clare ^[1]; Capelle, Gene ^[1]; Trainham, Rusty ^[1]

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1. National Security Technologies, LLC. (NSTec), Mercury, NV (United States)

Presentation describes project to demonstrate that laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) can complement high-explosive field tests and the modeling for such tests. In the project, aluminum data collected using LIBS was compared to both explosive test chamber and field data, and studies involving LIBS of graphite and sparked air—relevant to detonation product species and explosion-shocked air—were performed, with the conclusion that LIBS produces results consistent with chamber and field results, and offers finer resolution than either chamber or field collects.

• Research Organization: Nevada National Security Site/National Security Technologies, LLC (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Office of Defense Programs (DP)
• DOE Contract Number: DE-AC52-06NA25946
• OSTI ID: 1527184
• Report Number(s): DOE/NV/25946-2606
• Resource Relation: Conference: FY15 4th-quarter final project presentation for SDRD-wide meeting held in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Thursday, September 17, 2015.; Related Information: https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1245174-libs-surrogate-large-scale-detonations-means-characterize-intermediates
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

45 MILITARY TECHNOLOGY, WEAPONRY, AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
LIBS
laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy
high-explosive field tests