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Preparation and Reactivity of Gasless Nanostructured Energetic Materials
Published on: April 2, 2015
Impact sensitivities of energetic materials: Exploring the limitations of a model based only on structural formulas
Didier Mathieu1, Thibaud Alaime1
1CEA, DAM, Le Ripault, F-37260 Monts, France.
Abstract:
Using a comprehensive set of drop weight impact test data (h50) newly compiled from literature for 308 materials, a recent approach to predict impact sensitivities of nitro compounds is generalized to most explosive substances of interest. Compared to previous ones, this procedure is more thoroughly validated and exhibits a good predictive value. Furthermore, it yields new insight into the physical mechanisms involved, explaining for instance the unexpected desensitization of some oxygen-deficient triazoles upon nitration.
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