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Title: ANFO cylinder tests

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DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1483507· OSTI ID:975570

Cylinder test data is reported for commercially available prilled ANFO (ammonium-nitrate/fuel-oil) at 0.93 ,g/cc density and ambient temperature. The tests were four-inch inner diameter, with wall-thickness and length scaled from the standard one-inch test (0.4 inch and 48 inch, respectively). The wall expansion was measured with a rotating mirror streak camera and the velocity was measured by fine-wire pin switches, in the standard manner. The wall expansion trajectory is much smoother than for conventional explosives, which show a pronounced jump-off with subs uent ring-up. This observation is consistent with a broadened detohation shock in the granular bed. ?he data is analyzed for equation-of-state information and JWL parameters are given.

Research Organization:
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
OSTI ID:
975570
Report Number(s):
LA-UR-01-3340; TRN: US201018%%758
Resource Relation:
Journal Volume: 620; Conference: Submitted to: American Physical Society Topical Conference on Shock Compression of Condensed Matter, Atlanta, GA, June 25-29, 2001
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English