Reduced sensitivity, melt-pourable TNT replacements

A melt-pourable explosive composition comprising:

• 30 weight percent to 70 weight percent of at least one organic binder selected from the group consisting of mononitro aromatics and dinitro aromatics, the at least one organic binder collectively exhibiting a total energy detonation lower than trinitrotoluene and collectively having a total melting point in a range of 80° C. to 115° C.;
• and
• 30 weight percent to 70 weight percent of at least one inorganic oxidizer,
• wherein the melt-pourable explosive composition is pourable at a temperature in a range of 80° C. to 115° C., and
• wherein at least 95 weight percent of the melt-pourable explosive composition comprises a combination of the at least one organic binder and the at least one inorganic oxidizer.

A melt-pourable explosive composition comprising:

• 30 weight percent to 70 weight percent of at least one organic binder selected from the group consisting of mononitro aromatics and dinitro aromatics, the at least one organic binder collectively exhibiting a total energy detonation lower than trinitrotoluene and collectively having a total melting point in a range of 80° C. to 115° C.;
• and
• 30 weight percent to 70 weight percent of at least one inorganic oxidizer,
• wherein the melt-pourable explosive composition is melt-pourable at a temperature in a range of 80° C. to 115° C., undergoes an onset of thermal decomposition at a temperature that is at least 55.5° C. higher than the temperature at which the melt-pourable explosive composition becomes pourable and exhibits a card gap value of less than 121, a dent depth in a range of 0.754 cm to 0.922 cm, and a total energy of detonation of 7.1 kJ/cc to 8.7 kJ/cc, and
• wherein at least 95 weight percent of the melt-pourable explosive composition comprises a combination of the at least one organic binder and the at least one inorganic oxidizer.