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Effect of temperature, density, and technical factors on the shock-wave sensitivity of plastic TATB

Yu. A. Vlasov, V. B. Kosolapov, L. V. Fomicheva, I. P. Khabarov

Institute of Experimental Physics, 607190, Sarov

Abstract: Results are presented from a study of the shock-wave sensitivity of plastic TATB over a wide range of temperatures. It is shown that the temperature dependence of the shock-wave sensitivity of this explosive material is explained to a great extent by the change in density owing to thermal expansion, and by relaxation processes that occur in the samples.

UDC: 534.222.2

Received: 14.07.1997

 English version: Combustion, Explosion and Shock Waves, 1998, 34:4, 467–469