Predicting Shock Sensitivity of Energetic Compounds

Abstract

Shock sensitivity is one of the most important parameters for safe handling of pure and mixture of energetic materials. A simple correlation is introduced to determine largescale gap thicknesses shock sensitivity of pure or mixed C_aH_bN_cO_d explosives. This method does not require any experimental data. This procedure is based on initial density, calculated per cent void and a+b/2-d as well as the presence of C-N(NO₂)-C in the case of pure explosives. The predicted results using the method describing here has a root mean square (rms) deviation of 3.83 mm from 28 measured values (corresponding to 17 pure and mixed explosives).