Shock initiation of the tri-amino-tri-nitro-benzene based explosive pbx 9502 cooled to -55°c

Proceedings of the 13th International Detonation Symposium, IDS 2006

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 970-979

  Gustavsen, R L ^a   Gehrf, R J ^b   Bucholtzf, S M ^a   Seitz, W L ^a   Sheffield, S A ^a   Alcon, R R ^a   Robbins, D L ^a   Barker, B A ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Honeywell Federal Manufacturing and Technologies   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMBEDDED PARTICLES; GAS GUN; HUGONIOT; PBX 9502; PROJECTILE IMPACT; SHOCK INITIATION; WAVE PROFILES;

AMINATION; BENZENE; DETONATION; ETHYLENE; GAGES; INITIATORS (EXPLOSIVES); THERMOCOUPLES;

EXPERIMENTS;

EID: 74949107769     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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