US EPA

3768599 

Journal Article 

Detonation properties of ammonium nitrate 

Deribas, AA; Simonov, VA 

1999 

Yes 

Combustion, Explosion, and Shock Waves
ISSN: 0010-5082
EISSN: 1573-8345 

PLENUM PUBL CORP 

NEW YORK 

35 

2 

203-205 

Russian 

10.1007/BF02674439 

WOS:000082580600018 

A published equation for determining the detonation parameters of mixed explosive compositions is used to compute the detonation characteristics. When this equation was used to analyze the detonation parameters of 6ZhV ammonite, the detonation characteristics of the TNT and ammonite in this composition were taken from published data and the parameters of the ammonium nitrate were determined from the equation for the mixture. The results of large-scale experiments on a mixture of no more than 3% TNT with ammonium nitrate are presented. The detonation velocity of ammonium nitrate is found to be 5 km/sec. The equation for the mixture is used to determine the pressure and adiabatic exponent of the explosion products of ammonium nitrate when the size of the explosion exceeds the limiting diameter.