Laser-induced ignition of single crystals of the secondary explosive cyclotrimethylene trinitramine
- 15 April 1996
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Journal of Applied Physics
- Vol. 79 (8) , 3842-3847
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.361812
Abstract
The interaction of laser radiation from a Nd/glass laser with single crystals of cyclotrimethylene trinitramine (RDX) secondary explosive and RDX slices (cleaved from larger crystals of RDX) has been studied by high‐speed framing photography with microsecond interframe times. Decomposition and deflagration were recorded following ignition at localized regions or ‘‘hot spots.’’This publication has 11 references indexed in Scilit:
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