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TNT blast ovepressure equivalents and VODs of fuel/oxidizer mixtures

Rocinante - 11-5-2018 at 03:31

5 kg charges. Of interest are AP or AN/Al 70:30 that seem to reach 200 % of TNT equivalent.

http://www.northeastern.edu/alert/assets/R1-B1_2017.pdf


Bert - 11-5-2018 at 05:17



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[Edited on 5-11-2018 by Bert]

Rocinante - 12-5-2018 at 00:18

10 kg of TNT is known to produce 99 % lethal blast at 3 m and 50 % at 3.9 m, seing AP or AN and 30 % of 23 micron flake aluminium create that kind of blast with only 5 kg of material is shocking, esp. since small scale tests from Poland show that thermobaric AN/Al mixtures are only somewhat more powerful than RDX (10 - 15 % more than RDX/wax 94:6)

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