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Desensitization of pressed explosive compositions based on TNT, RDX, and HMX under double shock-wave loading

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The response of pressedTNT, TNT/RDX compositions (50/50 and 30/70), andHMX with a plastic binder to single and double shock-wave loading is studied. Recording the time dependence of pressure at two sections of the sample by piezoresistive gauges has proved the decrease in shock-wave sensitivity of the explosives precompressed by a weak shock wave.

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  1. Yu. V. Bat'kov
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  2. B. L. Glushak
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Scientific Research Institute of Experimental Physics, Kremlev, 607200. Translated from Fizika Goreniya i Vzryva, Vol. 31, No. 4, pp. 89–92, July–August, 1995.

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Bat'kov, Y.V., Glushak, B.L. & Novikov, S.A. Desensitization of pressed explosive compositions based on TNT, RDX, and HMX under double shock-wave loading. Combust Explos Shock Waves 31, 482–485 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00789372

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