Detonation Characteristics of Plastic Explosives Based on Attractive Nitramines with Polyisobutylene and Poly(methyl methacrylate) Binders |
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| Authors: | Ahmed Elbeih Svatopluk Zeman Pavel Vávra Waldemar A. Trzciński zbyněk Akštein |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Institute of Energetic Materials, Faculty of Chemical Technology, University of Pardubice , Pardubice , Czech Republic;2. Institute of Chemistry, Military University of Technology , Warsaw , Poland;3. Research Institute of Industrial Chemistry , Explosia , Pardubice , Czech Republic |
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| Abstract: | Four highly brisant nitramines, RDX (1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazinane), HMX (1,3,5,7-tetranitro-1,3,5,7-tetrazocane), BCHMX (cis-1,3,4,6-tetranitro-octahydroimidazo-[4,5-d]imidazole), and ?-HNIW (?-2,4,6,8,10,12-hexanitro-2,4,6,8,10,12-hexaazaisowurtzitane), were studied as extruded plastic explosives bonded by two plastic matrices based on polyisobutylene (C4 matrix) and poly-methylmethacrylate (plasticized by dioctyl-adipate) binders. The detonation velocities, D, were measured experimentally. Detonation parameters were also calculated by means of the Kamlet and Jacobs method and CHEETAH and EXPLO5 codes. These detonation parameters showed that plastic-bonded explosives (PBXs) based on BCHMX are more powerful explosives than those based on RDX. The Urizar coefficient for poly(methyl methacrylate) binder was also calculated. |
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| Keywords: | BCHMX detonation HMX HNIW nitramines plastic explosives RDX |
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