Intragranular defects and shock sensitivity of RDX/HMX

Cheng Hua, Ming Huang, Hui Huang, Jin Shan Li, Fu De Nie, Bin Dai

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Abstract

The crystal internal defects of RDX/HMX were studied by optical microscopy with matching refractive(OMS), small angle scattering of X-ray(SASX), atomic force microscope(AFM), sink-fload method(SFM) and Mirco-CT. OMS and AFM results show that RDX/HMX has more defects and cracks than reduced sensitivity-RDX/reduced sensitivity-HMX. SASX results show that crystal internal defects of RDX/HMX are larger than that of RS-RDX/RS-HMX, and mirco-CT results show that RDX has larger internal defects than RS-RDX. Furthermore, shock sensitivity of RDX based PBXs and RS-RDX based PBXs were studied, and the results show that internal defects of RDX has great influence on shock sensitivity of RDX.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)152-156
Number of pages5
JournalHanneng Cailiao/Chinese Journal of Energetic Materials
Volume18
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 2010
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Characterization method
  • Crystal internal defect
  • Explosion mechanics
  • Reduced sensitivity HMX
  • Reduced sensitivity RDX
  • Shock sensitivity

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