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Title: Equation of state of unreacted high explosives at high pressures

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OSTI ID:2379

Isotherms of unreacted high explosives (HMX, RDX, and PETN) have been determined to quasi-hydrostatic high pressures below 45 GPa, by using a diamond-anvil cell angle-resolved synchrotron x-ray diffraction method. The equation-of-state parameters (bulk modulus Bo, and its derivatives B' ) are presented for the 3rd-order Birch-Murnaghan formula based on the measured isotherms. The results are also used to retrieve unreacted Hugoniots in these high explosives and to develop the equations of state and kinetic models for composite high explolsivcs such as XTX-8003 and LX-04. The evidence of shear-induced chemistry of HMX in non-hydrostatic conditions is also presented.

Research Organization:
Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Defense Programs (DP)
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-Eng-48
OSTI ID:
2379
Report Number(s):
UCRL-JC-131566; DP0102012; ON: DE00002379
Resource Relation:
Conference: 11th International Detonation Symposium, Snowmass Village, CO, August 31-September 4, 1998
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English