Study of thermal properties of HMX in molten TNT.
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Abstract
Octol composed of 70 wt% of HMX and 30 wt% of TNT is one of the melt cast explosives that is widely used in many military applications, namely for shaped charges. Due to the presence of low melt TNT component octol exhibits complex thermal behavior. At the temperature above TNT melt, octol forms liquid-solid system that with further heating undergoes phase change and decomposition of its constituencies with release of thermal energy. In this presentation the thermal decomposition properties of octol were investigated via DSC/TG method and X-ray diffraction at various heating conditions. The thermal reactivity of heated octol was compared to other TNT- based melt cast compositions, such as Composition B and cyclotol.
Presenters
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Natalya Suvorova
Los Alamos Natl Lab, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Authors
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Natalya Suvorova
Los Alamos Natl Lab, Los Alamos National Laboratory
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David M Oschwald
Los Alamos Natl Lab, Los Alamos National Laboratory
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Dennis K Remelius
Los Alamos Natl Lab
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Laura Smilowitz
Los Alamos Natl Lab, Los Alamos National Laboratory
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Bryan Henson
Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos Natl Lab
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Pamela Bowlan
Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos Natl Lab