Propellants Explosives Pyrotechnics, Vol.38, No.2, 238-243, 2013
Study of Plastic Explosives based on Attractive Cyclic Nitramines, Part II. Detonation Characteristics of Explosives with Polyfluorinated Binders
A series of plastic bonded explosives (PBXs) based on Viton A and Fluorel binders were prepared using four nitramines, namely RDX (1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazinane), -HMX (-1,3,5,7-tetranitro-1,3,5,7-tetrazocane), BCHMX (cis-1,3,4,6-tetranitro-octahydroimidazo-[4,5-d]imidazole), and epsilon-HNIW (epsilon-2,4,6,8,10,12-hexanitro-2,4,6,8,10,12-hexaazaisowurtzitane). The detonation velocities, D, were determined. Detonation parameters were also calculated by means of modified Kamlet & Jacobs method, CHEETAH and EXPLO5 codes. In accordance with our expectations BCHMX based PBXs performed better than RDX based ones. The Urizar coefficient for Fuorel binder was also calculated.