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Nitration of Tetramethylene dinitroethane tetranitrate
Sensitivity of NEST-1 (the name the authors have given it) should be on par with PETN, not HMTD.
Wh ...
8-9-2023 at 00:55
by: Microtek
A powerful,unreported new primary explosive--NiCC
Well, from reading some more papers, it appears that at least magnesium (and probably other alkaline ...
7-9-2023 at 03:43
by: Microtek
TACP Hybrid Composites Based on Al/CuO -- High Performance
I think the energy outputs seem very low. CHNO HEs are usually around 5-7 kJ/g while flash mixtures ...
1-9-2023 at 23:55
by: Microtek
A powerful,unreported new primary explosive--NiCC
My procedure for preparing and testing energetics is not vulnerable to accidental or even spontaneou ...
29-8-2023 at 23:01
by: Microtek
A powerful,unreported new primary explosive--NiCC
OK, a new update:

The cobalt derivative CoCP seemed very promising at first. Low sensitivity (lik ...
29-8-2023 at 08:54
by: Microtek
ammonium organic salts to amines to amine salts
Amides aren't very strong bases, so they don't form stable salts.
26-8-2023 at 02:33
by: Microtek
What does brisance depend on besides detonation velocity?

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There is an active charge length "La". At L>La pulse does not grow.[/quote]


Preci ...
24-8-2023 at 23:15
by: Microtek
A powerful,unreported new primary explosive--NiCC
I made it from NaClO4, so I'm sure NH4ClO4 would work as well. As stated above, CuCP is a little les ...
24-8-2023 at 09:42
by: Microtek
What does brisance depend on besides detonation velocity?
OK, when I plug your post into the best translation software I can find, I get this:

"jerk is act ...
24-8-2023 at 09:30
by: Microtek
A powerful,unreported new primary explosive--NiCC
Quick update: I tried initiating RDX with CuCP. It failed at 10 mg but succeeded at 20 mg, so the mi ...
24-8-2023 at 00:14
by: Microtek
What does brisance depend on besides detonation velocity?

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In fact, the shorter the time, the higher the intensity[/quote]

This is true, but not ...
24-8-2023 at 00:08
by: Microtek
Method to make polybutylene for plasticizing my PETN!?
The post you are responding to is ten years old but apart from that, there are a number of variables ...
23-8-2023 at 23:59
by: Microtek
What does brisance depend on besides detonation velocity?
No, what you are describing here as "jerk" is, as far as I can tell, more akin to heaving power. Imp ...
23-8-2023 at 01:14
by: Microtek
New Klapötke patent for melt castable EM
From another Klapötke paper, it seems that nitration with pure nitric acid leads to only O-nitratio ...
21-8-2023 at 22:31
by: Microtek
What does brisance depend on besides detonation velocity?
Brisance itself is not super well defined. It is the ability of an explosive to shatter a hard targe ...
21-8-2023 at 03:32
by: Microtek
A powerful,unreported new primary explosive--NiCC
I did try the copper compound, it's the one I refer to as CuCP a couple of posts ago. It seems fine ...
18-8-2023 at 23:37
by: Microtek
A powerful,unreported new primary explosive--NiCC
CuCP DDTs about as well as NiCP or NAP; 10 mg is enough in light confinement. I have worked on testi ...
18-8-2023 at 08:34
by: Microtek
ETN synthesis without H2SO4
IMO, the advantage of nitrating with only highly concentrated HNO3 (95+ %) is that you avoid sulfuri ...
18-8-2023 at 01:22
by: Microtek
Carbohydrazide
You can convert it to urazine by heating the hydrochloride which yields hydrazine hydrochloride as a ...
17-8-2023 at 00:33
by: Microtek
New Klapötke patent for melt castable EM
So, as the title indicates, I recently stumbled on a patent by prof. Klapötke about bis(nitratoethy ...
16-8-2023 at 12:58
by: Microtek
ETN recrystalization issues
Butane as in C4H10 ? Or are you talking about a derivative (an alcohol or a ketone maybe?) that is a ...
14-8-2023 at 06:07
by: Microtek
Is it necessary to fractionate PETN for plasticizing?
1)
You don't need to control the fractions, a distribution of grain sizes will naturally form durin ...
12-8-2023 at 04:54
by: Microtek
Is it necessary to fractionate PETN for plasticizing?
PETN is not soluble in gasoline. The crushing is done mechanically, such as with a motar and pestle. ...
10-8-2023 at 22:38
by: Microtek
NHN based improved primary composition
It is easy to make a military equivalent detonator. The classical number 8 is 2 grams of a compositi ...
10-8-2023 at 22:35
by: Microtek
Is it necessary to fractionate PETN for plasticizing?
Bimodal powders are necessary for the highest density because spheres (free flowing powder is roughl ...
10-8-2023 at 09:06
by: Microtek
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