Explosive Properties of Melt Cast Erythritol Tetranitrate (ETN)

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="http://www.wydawnictwa.ipo.waw.pl/cejem/Vol-14-Number-2-2017/Kunzel.pdf" target="_blank" >http://www.wydawnictwa.ipo.waw.pl/cejem/Vol-14-Number-2-2017/Kunzel.pdf</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.22211/cejem/68471" target="_blank" >10.22211/cejem/68471</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Explosive Properties of Melt Cast Erythritol Tetranitrate (ETN)

Original language description

Erythritol tetranitrate (ETN) is a low melting, solid, nitrate ester with significant explosive properties. The increased availability of its precursor (erythritol), which is now used as a sweetener, has attracted attention to the possible misuse of ETN as an improvised explosive. However, ETN also has some potential to be used as a component of military explosives or propellants. This article focuses on the properties of melt-cast ETN. The sensitivity of the compound towards impact and friction was tested. The explosive performance was evaluated, based on cylinder expansion tests and detonation velocity measurements. The impact energy and friction force required for 50% probability of initiation was 3.79 J and 47.7 N, respectively. A Gurney velocity value of G = 2771 m.s(-1) and a detonation velocity of 8027 m.s(-1) at a charge density of 1.700 g.cm(-3), were found for the melt-cast material. The sensitivity characteristics of melt-cast ETN does not differ significantly from either literature values or the authors&apos; data measured using the crystalline material. The explosive performance properties were found to be close to those of PETN.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

21100 - Other engineering and technologies

Project

<a href="/en/project/TA02010923" target="_blank" >TA02010923: OPTIMEX - Optical measurement of explosions</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2017

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Central European Journal of Energetic Materials

ISSN

1733-7178

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

14

Issue of the periodical within the volume

2

Country of publishing house

PL - POLAND

Number of pages

12

Pages from-to

418-429

UT code for WoS article

000404616100012

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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