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A method for estimating sensitivity of commercial explosives to practical types of initiation

A. N. Afanasenkov, L. I. Kotova, B. N. Kukib, V. V. Lavrov, K. K. Shvedov

Institute of Chemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Chernogolovka, 142432

Abstract: A method for estimating sensitivity of commercial explosives to practical types of initiation – No. 8 blasting cap, a detonating fuse, and a booster – is proposed. The results of experiments with AS-8A granulite, granulotrinitrotoluene, and 79/21 grammonite of bulk density are given.

UDC: 622.215.2

Received: 30.10.1995

 English version: Combustion, Explosion and Shock Waves, 1997, 33:1, 89–92