Thermally stable, plastic-bonded explosives

Patent · Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1979

OSTI ID:863423

Benziger, Theodore M ^[1]

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1. Santa Fe, NM

By use of an appropriate thermoplastic rubber as the binder, the thermal stability and thermal stress characteristics of plastic-bonded explosives may be greatly improved. In particular, an HMX-based explosive composition using an oil-extended styrene-ethylenebutylene-styrene block copolymer as the binder exhibits high explosive energy and thermal stability and good handling safety and physical properties.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
• Assignee: United States of America as represented by United States (Washington, DC)
• Patent Number(s): US 4168191
• OSTI ID: 863423
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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