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We have experimentally studied containment of condensed carbon formed as a result of explosion in a confined volume of charges of 50/50 trotyl/hexogen as a function of the external cooling conditions for the detonation products. We have obtained data for explosions in a nitrogen atmosphere and in an ice shell. We propose a simple method for comparing data on the yield of condensed carbon for different methods for confinement of the detonation products.
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Translated from Fizika Goreniya i Vzryva, Vol. 29, No. 5, pp. 93–96, September–October, 1993.
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Mal'kov, I.Y. Containment of carbon in explosion chambers. Combust Explos Shock Waves 29, 642–645 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00783722
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00783722