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Combustion, Explosion and Shock Waves

2002 year, number 4

Retonation Wave upon Shock-Wave Initiation of Detonation of Solid Explosives

A. N. Afanasenkov
Institute of Problems of Chemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Chernogolovka 142432, ilmaslov@mail.ru
Pages: 470-472

Abstract

An original photograph of a retonation wave is presented; the wave arose spontaneously in a charge of a 20/80 nitroglycerine/ammonium nitrate mixture with a density of 0.9 g/cm3 at a distance of 0.8 of the charge length and went back half of the charge length toward the place of initiation. The velocity of the forward wave was 2300 m/sec, and the velocity of the retonation wave was 1700 m/sec. The retonation wave was registered only in one, unique experiment.
Key words: initiation, detonation, retonation wave, velocity, nitroglycerine, ammonium nitrate.