Measurement of Chapman-Jouguet Pressure for Explosives
- 1 September 1957
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in The Journal of Chemical Physics
- Vol. 27 (3) , 796-800
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1743831
Abstract
The Chapman‐Jouguet pressures of RDX, TNT, 64/36 Composition B, and 77/23 Cyclotol have been measured by determining initial free‐surface velocity as a function of thickness for 24ST aluminum plates in contact with the detonating explosive. An optical technique is described for the measurement of the velocities. The pressures determined for RDX, TNT, 64/36 Composition B, and 77/23 Cyclotol are 338, 189, 292, and 313 kilobars, respectively.Keywords
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