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An improved method for measuring the electric conductivity profile behind the detonation front in dense high explosives has been developed, which provides for a spatial resolution better than 0.1 mm. In comparison to the existing techniques, the proposed method ensures a more than tenfold increase in the range of conductivity measurements. The conductivity profile of detonating RDX exhibits a peak with an amplitude of ≈2 Ω−1 cm−1 and a width of about 1 mm, in agreement with known data on the chemical reaction zone thickness. The peak is followed by a “tail,” in which the conductivity is several times lower. In samples with a density of 1.75–1.8 g/cm3 (approaching the theoretical compaction limit), the conductivity peak exhibits a sharp increase in amplitude (up to 5–6 Ω−1 cm−1), while the peak width decreases to 0.5 mm.
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Translated from Pis’ma v Zhurnal Tekhnichesko\(\overset{\lower0.5em\hbox{$\smash{\scriptscriptstyle\smile}$}}{l} \) Fiziki, Vol. 30, No. 24, 2004, pp. 63–69.
Original Russian Text Copyright © 2004 by Ershov, Satonkina, Ivanov.
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Ershov, A.P., Satonkina, N.P. & Ivanov, G.M. High-resolution conductivity profile measurements in detonating pressed explosive. Tech. Phys. Lett. 30, 1048–1050 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1134/1.1846854
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