Study of nano-nitramine explosives: preparation, sensitivity and application

Autor: Jie Liu, Wei Jiang, Qing Yang, Jian Song, Ga-zi Hao, Feng-sheng Li
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2014
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Zdroj: Defence Technology, Vol 10, Iss 2, Pp 184-189 (2014)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2214-9147
DOI: 10.1016/j.dt.2014.04.002
Popis: Nano-nitramine explosives (RDX, HMX, CL-20) are produced on a bi-directional grinding mill. The scanning electron microscope (SEM) observations show that the prepared particles are semi-spherical, and the narrow size distributions are characterized using the laser particle size analyzer. Compared with the micron-sized samples, the nano-products show obvious decrease in friction and impact sensitivities. In the case of shock sensitivities, nano-products have lower values by 59.9% (RDX), 56.4% (HMX), and 58.1% (CL-20), respectively. When nano-RDX and nano-HMX are used in plastic bonded explosives (PBX) as alternative materials of micron-sized particles, their shock sensitivities are significantly decreased by 24.5% (RDX) and 22.9% (HMX), and their detonation velocities are increased by about 1.7%. Therefore, it is expected to promote the application of nano-nitramine explosives in PBXs and composite modified double-based propellants (CMDBs) so that some of their properties would be improved.
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