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7763764 
Journal Article 
A COMPARISON OF THERMAL EXPLOSIONS IN PBX 9501 AND PBXN-9 
Smilowitz, L; Henson, BF; Romero, JJ; Asay, BW; PRAD Collaboration 
2009 
Yes 
AIP Conference Proceedings
ISSN: 0094-243X
EISSN: 1551-7616 
AIP Conference Proceedings 
1195 
436-+ 
English 
WOS:000276574100103 
We have used a variety of observables to study the response of HMX based energetic materials formulations to thermal stimuli. In this paper, we compare the response of PBX 9501 and PBXN-9 to a temperature of 205°C. Both undergo thermal runaway at this boundary condition with similar preignition behavior. However, the post-ignition burn propagations of the two formulations are very different with the final reaction violence significantly lower for PBXN-9 than for PBX 9501. © 2009 American Institute of Physics. 
PBX9501; HMX; thermal explosion; laser ignition