Small-scale characterisation of urea hydrogen peroxide explosive performance using heterodyne velocimetry

Simple item page
dc.contributor.authorHalleux, Francis
dc.contributor.authorStennett, Christopher
dc.contributor.authorPons, Jean-François
dc.contributor.authorWilson, Ian
dc.contributor.authorLefebvre, Michel
dc.date.accessioned2022-07-12T09:53:39Z
dc.date.available2022-07-12T09:53:39Z
dc.date.issued2022-06-24
dc.description.abstractUrea Hydrogen Peroxide (UHP) is widely available in the cosmetic and pharmaceutical industries. UHP exhibits the behaviour of a tertiary explosive and previous research from the same authors has highlighted its detonability at small-scale under heavy confinement. In this work, UHP performance parameters are further investigated by heterodyne velocimetry. An average detonation pressure of 3.7 GPa for UHP at a mean density of 0.75 g/cm3 has been determined using the impedance window method, corresponding to a 20% TNT equivalence for brisance. This result is consistent with calculation from empirical correlations. An average 3200 m/s detonation velocity was recorded using contact probes, in excellent agreement with measurements from passive optical probes. This small-scale experimental campaign, which was complementary to and consistent with previous research, has proven useful to characterise the performances of non-ideal explosives for risk assessment purposes.en_UK
dc.identifier.citationHalleux F, Stennett C, Pons J-F, et al., (2022) Small-scale characterisation of urea hydrogen peroxide explosive performance using heterodyne velocimetry. In: First International Explosives Conference (IEC-2022), 22-24 June 2022, London, UKen_UK
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.iec-2022.com/?action=main
dc.identifier.urihttps://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/18157
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherRoyal Society of Chemistryen_UK
dc.subjectUrea Hydrogen Peroxideen_UK
dc.subjectDetonationen_UK
dc.subjectHeterodyne Velocimetryen_UK
dc.titleSmall-scale characterisation of urea hydrogen peroxide explosive performance using heterodyne velocimetryen_UK
dc.typeConference paperen_UK

Files

Original bundle
Now showing 1 - 2 of 2
Thumbnail Image
Name:
Urea_hydrogen_peroxide_explosive_performance-POSTER-2022.pdf
Size:
1.21 MB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Description:
Download
Thumbnail Image
Name:
Urea_hydrogen_peroxide_explosive_performance-2022.pdf
Size:
1.32 MB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Description:
Download
License bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
No Thumbnail Available
Name:
license.txt
Size:
1.63 KB
Format:
Item-specific license agreed upon to submission
Description:
Download

Collections

Staff publications (CDS)