Effect of a high-energy electron beam on the detonation velocity of an explosive

Technical Report · Mon Oct 04 00:00:00 EDT 1976

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/7334138· OSTI ID:7334138

Chambers, E. S.; Lee, E. L.

As part a program to study the mechanism of detonation in explosives, the effect of a pulse of high-energy electrons on an explosive's detonation velocity was examined. A short, intense burst of 1.1-MeV electrons was directed onto a specimen of XTX-8003 explosive in a narrow track as a detonation wave was passing along it. No change in the detonation velocity resulted from an electron energy fluence of 1.4 J/cm/sup 2/.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• OSTI ID: 7334138
• Report Number(s): UCID-17279
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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