High performance plastic bonded explosive
AssigneeTextron Systems Corporation
InventorSami Daoud
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Abstract
Plastic bonded explosive (PBX) compositions utilizing CL-20 as the oxidizer, and particularly when the CL-20 is blended with particular combinations of binders and/or plasticizers, have been found to yield synergistic chemical combinations which demonstrate higher energy density and increased penetration power and impetus in military weapons and similar applications.
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A high performance CL-20-based plastic bonded explosive (PBX) composition consisting essentially of about 80-98 wt. % CL-20 oxidizer, about 1-12 wt. % of polyisobutylene as a binder, and about 1-12 wt. % of triacetin as a plasticizer, wherein said PBX composition has enhanced theoretical density, ballistic potential, and penetration performance compared with a substantially identical HMX-based PBX composition.
A high performance CL-20-based plastic bonded explosive (PBX) composition consisting essentially of about 95 wt. % CL-20 oxidizer, about 2 wt. % polyisobutylene as a binder, and about 3 wt. % of triacetin as a plasticizer.
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