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The Importance of Sterically Hindered Shear in Determining the Sensitivity of Explosive Crystals

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2011

Jerry J. Dick
Jerry J. Dick*
Affiliation:
Group M-7, MS P952, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545
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Abstract

Sterically hindered shear in a plane shock wave in an explosive crystal is shown to be important in determining the shock sensitivity of pentaerythritol tetranitrate and nitromethane. The steric hindrance is analyzed at the intermolecular level in the unit cell, and compared to the experimental evidence.

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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 296: Symposium Y – Structure and Properties of Energetic Materials , 1992 , 75
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1993

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