A device for testing thermal impact sensitivity of high explosives

Propellants, Explosives, Pyrotechnics

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 440-445

  Zhang, Gengxin ^a   Weeks, Brandon L ^a  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Drop Weight Machine; HMX; PETN; Thermal Sensitivity Analysis

Indexed keywords

DROP WEIGHT; ELEVATED TEMPERATURE; HIGH EXPLOSIVES; IMPACT SENSITIVITIES; IN-SITU; PETN; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SAFETY ASPECTS; SILVER AZIDES; SYNTHESIZED MATERIALS; THERMAL IMPACTS; THERMAL SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

DROPS; EXPLOSIVES; HEATING; PHASE TRANSITIONS;

SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 78249260661     PISSN: 07213115     EISSN: 15214087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prep.201000030     Document Type: Article

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