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A simple model for explosives formulation [electronic resource].

Published:
Washington, D.C. : United States. Dept. of Energy, 1993.
Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy.
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Pages: (5 pages) : digital, PDF file
Additional Creators:
Los Alamos National Laboratory, United States. Department of Energy, and United States. Department of Energy. Office of Scientific and Technical Information
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Summary:
A simple model based on surface chemistry is developed, based an simple concepts of contact angle, wetting and spreading. Results of the modeling can be stated by two simplified rules of thumb'': (1) A liquid will spread on the surface of a solid if the surface tension of the liquid is lose than the surface free energy of the solid, and (2) The liquid having the surface tension nearest that of the solid will preferentially wet the surface of the solid. These two rules can then be used to define the parameters that constitute a process for formulating a plastic bonded explosive (PBX), which is a crystalline high-explosive material coated with a small amount of plastic polymeric material (the binder). The PBX then can be pressed to a high density, and machined to a specific shape. The pressed and machined explosive material can then be used in a physics experiment to study fundamental properties of either the explosive or some other material.
Report Numbers:
E 1.99:la-ur-93-922
E 1.99: conf-9304110--1
conf-9304110--1
la-ur-93-922
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Published through SciTech Connect.
01/01/1993.
"la-ur-93-922"
" conf-9304110--1"
"DE93010703"
1993 MAES national symposium on super critical water oxidation on energetic materials, Long Beach, CA (United States), Apr 1993.
Rivera, T.
Funding Information:
W-7405-ENG-36
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