Rate of the Energy Release in High Explosives Containing Nano-size Boron Particles

Abstract: With a goal to obtain information on rate of the high explosive decomposition and equation of state of the HE formulations and detonation products, measurements of the pressure and particle velocity profiles of shock and detonation waves have been performed for pure coarse-grain and fine-grain HMX and for the HMX+16.4 % boron mixture. For these measurements, the manganin pressure gauges and the laser Doppler velocimeter VISAR were applied. Effect of boron in the energy release process was observed both in the detonation and shock-wave initiation regimes