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Effect of the dispersity of the components of explosive materials on the detonation velocity and sensitivity to mechanical action

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Based on published data and the results obtained at the Institute of Chemical Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, an analysis of the effect of the particle size of explosive base and additives and of the sample structure on the mechanical sensitivity and detonation velocity of various explosive materials was performed.

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Original Russian Text © M.F. Gogulya, M.A. Brazhnikov, 2010, published in Khimicheskaya Fizika, 2010, Vol. 29, No. 4, pp. 33–50.

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Gogulya, M.F., Brazhnikov, M.A. Effect of the dispersity of the components of explosive materials on the detonation velocity and sensitivity to mechanical action. Russ. J. Phys. Chem. B 4, 286–303 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1990793110020156

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