Production and characterization of nanometer explosives

Nanometer explosives, such as RDX, HMX and CL-20, have been produced in large scale. The SEM observations show that the prepared particles are semi-spherical at the size about 60 nm having the narrow size distributions. The nanometer explosives have the same purity and crystal form with the micron-s...

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Main Authors: Feng-sheng Li, Jie Liu, Wei Jiang, Yu-jiao Wang, Xiao-de Guo
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
application
Crystals
detonation velocity
Electric shock
Explosives
Friction
Nano
nitramine explosive
PBX
Propellants
Scanning electron microscopy
Sensitivity
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Summary:Nanometer explosives, such as RDX, HMX and CL-20, have been produced in large scale. The SEM observations show that the prepared particles are semi-spherical at the size about 60 nm having the narrow size distributions. The nanometer explosives have the same purity and crystal form with the micron-sized explosives. Compared with the micron-sized explosives, the friction sensitivity, impact sensitivity and shock sensitivity of nanometer explosives are obviously by 20%, 40% and 50% respectively. These desirable results are very encouraging and may lead to various potential applications of nanometer explosives in PBXs and CMDB propellants.
DOI:10.1109/ACDT.2015.7111588