High Pressure and High Temperature Decomposition Studies of PETN and TATB

ORAL

Abstract

We present a variety of high pressure and high temperature studies investigating radiation-induced decomposition of the high explosives PETN and TATB using white beam synchrotron radiation at the Advanced Photon Source. Diffraction line intensities were measured as a function of time using energy-dispersive techniques. By measuring the decomposition rate as a function of pressure and temperature, kinetic and other constants associated with the decomposition reaction were extracted.

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Authors

  • Michael Pravica

    • UNLV - Physics
    • University of Nevada, Las Vegas and High Pressure Science and Engineering Center (HiPSEC)

  • Hubertus Giefers

    • University of Nevada, Las Vegas and High Pressure Science and Engineering Center (HiPSEC)

  • Edward Romano

    • University of Nevada, Las Vegas and High Pressure Science and Engineering Center (HiPSEC)

  • Brian Yulga

    • UNLV - Physics
    • University of Nevada, Las Vegas and High Pressure Science and Engineering Center (HiPSEC

  • Zachary Quine

    • University of Nevada, Las Vegas and High Pressure Science and Engineering Center (HiPSEC)

  • Wenge Yang

    • High Pressure Collaborative Access Team (HP-CAT) Advanced Photon Source and the Carnegie Geophysical Institution

  • Hans Peter Liermann

    • High Pressure Collaborative Access Team (HP-CAT), Advanced Photon Source, and the Carnegie Geophysical Institution