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. 2018 May 11;8(31):17272–17278. doi: 10.1039/c8ra02994f

Detonation parameters of the studied samples, and literature data of HTPB compositions of 18% weight binder.

Studied sample Experimental Detonation parameters calculated by Explo5
No. Code of samples Density ρ [g cm−3] Detonation velocity [m s−1] Error% Detonation pressure P [GPa] Heat of Explosion Q [kJ kg−1]
D exp D cal.
1 BCHMX 1.79a 8650 8840 +2.19 33.9 6447
2 β-HMX 1.90b 9100 9225 +1.37 38.0 6075
3 RDX 1.76b 8750 8718 −0.40 32.1 6085
4 ε-CL-20 1.98b 9473 9407 −0.60 41.7 6455
5 BCHMX/HTPB 1.56c 7746 7593 −1.97 21.2 5744
6 HMX/HTPB 1.57c 7812 7627 −2.36 21.3 5453
7 RDX/HTPB 1.52c 7526 7449 −1.02 20.1 5453
8 CL-20/HTPB 1.63c 8167 7919 −3.03 23.7 5786
9 BCHMX/GAP 1.62 8292 8261 −0.37 28.6 6658
10 HMX/GAP 1.64 8384 8313 −0.85 28.4 6297
11 RDX/GAP 1.59 8074 8099 +0.31 26.2 6152
12 CL-20/GAP 1.73 8676 8482 −2.23 32.1 6559
a

Value sourced from ref. 7.

b

Value sourced from ref. 12.

c

Value sourced from ref. 16.