The Use of Glass Anvils in Drop-Weight Studies of Energetic Materials

Conventional impact sensitiveness machines (e.g. Rotter and BAM) do not provide detailed information about hot‐spot ignition mechanisms in energetic materials. To gain further insight, a glass anvil technique was developed at Cambridge in the early 1950s, which allowed high‐speed photographic studie...

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Published in:	Propellants, explosives, pyrotechnics Vol. 40; no. 3; pp. 351 - 365
Main Authors:	Walley, Stephen M., Field, John E., Biers, Richard A., Proud, William G., Williamson, David M., Jardine, Andrew P.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Weinheim WILEY-VCH Verlag 01-06-2015 WILEY‐VCH Verlag Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
Subjects:	Anvils Crystals Energetic materials Explosive impact tests Explosives Gain Glass Glass anvil technique High speed High-speed photography Ignition Impact sensitiveness Liquids Weight
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Summary:	Conventional impact sensitiveness machines (e.g. Rotter and BAM) do not provide detailed information about hot‐spot ignition mechanisms in energetic materials. To gain further insight, a glass anvil technique was developed at Cambridge in the early 1950s, which allowed high‐speed photographic studies to be performed during impact on energetic liquids, explosive powders and crystals. Herein we review such investigations which continue up to the present day.
Bibliography:	istex:B83E97A17820BA929D17AC15525E61647986F17D BAe Systems Dstl EPSRC Imperial College London ArticleID:PREP201500043 ICI QinetiQ ark:/67375/WNG-FKK67VX9-P AWE DERA ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23
ISSN:	0721-3115 1521-4087
DOI:	10.1002/prep.201500043