Integrated Data Collection Analysis (IDCA) Program - NaClO3/Icing Sugar

Sandstrom, Mary M.¹  Brown, Geoffrey W.¹  Preston, Daniel N.¹ 

[1] Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

关键词: small-scale safety testing;    proficiency test;    impact-;    friction;    spark discharge-;    thermal testing;    round-robin test;    safety testing protocols;    HME;    RDX;    potassium perchlorate;    potassium chlorate;    sodium chlorate;    sugar;    dodecane;    PETN;    carbon;   

DOI  :  10.2172/1305885
RP-ID  :  LLNL-TR--617403
PID  :  OSTI ID: 1305885

学科分类：化学（综合）

美国|英语

来源: SciTech Connect

【 摘 要 】

The Integrated Data Collection Analysis (IDCA) program is conducting a proficiency study for Small- Scale Safety and Thermal (SSST) testing of homemade explosives (HMEs). Described here are the results for impact, friction, electrostatic discharge, and differential scanning calorimetry analysis of a mixture of NaClO₃ and icing sugar???NaClO₃/icing sugar mixture. The mixture was found to: be more sensitive than RDX but less sensitive than PETN in impact testing (180-grit sandpaper); be more sensitive than RDX and about the same sensitivity as PETN in BAM fiction testing; be less sensitive than RDX and PETN except for one participant found the mixture more sensitive than PETN in ABL ESD testing; and to have one to three exothermic features with the lowest temperature event occurring at ~ 160?��C always observed in thermal testing. Variations in testing parameters also affected the sensitivity.