Abstract:
Strength is determined for mixtures of Amatol (79/21 AN/TNT) with various additives and mixtures of ammonium nitrate and aluminum of various compositions. The results obtained and literature data are used to obtain a formula for calculating the relative strength of commercial explosives containing two parameters – explosion heat and volume of explosion products. The strength of mixtures of ammonium nitrate and aluminum (under powerful initiation leading to overcompressed detonation) exceeds the strength of the reference explosive (Amatol) when the aluminum content is 10–40%. In this case, maximum strength is observed for a mixture containing 30% aluminum. The experimental results and calculations using the proposed formula are in satisfactory agreement.
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