Eutectic system of ammonium nitrate with 15 wt% potassium nitrate/ethylenediamine dinitrate/diethylenetriamine trinitrate
Title:
Eutectic system of ammonium nitrate with 15 wt% potassium nitrate/ethylenediamine dinitrate/diethylenetriamine trinitrate
Author:
Lee, K. -Y. Cady, H. H. Stinecipher, M. M.
Appeared in:
Journal of energetic materials
Paging:
Volume 3 (1985) nr. 3 pages 211-220
Year:
1985-09-01
Contents:
The phase diagram was determined for the ternary system diethylenetriamine trinitrate/ethylenediamine dinitrate/ammonium nitrate with 15 wt% potassium nitrate (DETN/EDD/AK15). The eutectic mixture (DEAK), containing 40, 35, and 25 wt% AK15, DETN, and EDD respectively, was subjected to small-scale sensitivity and performance tests. The measured PCJ (223 kbar) from a 4.13-cm-diam, unconfined rate-stick test of the DEAK system agrees with Kamlet-Short-Method (KSM) data calculated at the same pressed density [97.7% of theoretical maximum density (TMD)]. A rate-stick test of EAK at the same charge diameter and pressed density failed, indicating that the addition of the DETN component to the EAK system has reduced the critical diameter of EAK.