| High Performance Sheet Explosive based on NTO |
| Paper ID : 1058-ICEE (R2) |
| Authors: |
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Ahmed Elbeih1, mohamed elnogomy2, Tamer Shenawy2, Ahmed Saleh *3, Ahmeed Azzazy4, Ahmed Hussein5, mohamed gaber6, hesham Salah7 1School of chemical Engineering, Military Technical College, Cairo, Egypt. 2Technical Research Center, Cairo, Egypt 3Chemistry Departement, Science and Technology Center of Excellence 4Science and technology center of excellence 5Military Technical college 6Military Technical College, Kobry Elkobbah, Cairo, Egypt 7Science and Technology center of excellence |
| Abstract: |
| 3-nitro-1,2,4-triazol-5-one (NTO) is a low sensitive high explosive which has been used in the formation of low sensitive ammunitions. In this study, the preparation method of NTO explosive was discussed. A sheet explosive on the basis of NTO bonded by HTPB binder matrix was prepared (NTO-PBX). The formulation is investigated for explosive properties to understand the influence of NTO on the performance of the sheet explosive. Impact and friction sensitivities of NTO-PBX, heat of Combustion and Detonation velocity were specified. EXPLO5 code, version 5.04, was utilized to calculate the theoretical detonation characteristics of NTO-PBX. For comparison, Data-sheetC, EPX-1, Semtex 1A and Formex P1, were also studied. By comparing the obtained results, confirmation of some relationships was investigated. The detonation velocity of the NTO sheet explosive was the highest of all the studied samples. The experimental and calculated results of NTO-PBX and the other compositions are in a good agreement. |
| Keywords: |
| sheet explosive, NTO, sensitivity, detonation parameters |
| Status : Paper Accepted |
