Brisance of mixed explosives in standardized cylinders

The use of standardized cylinders in tests of the brisance of explosives has made it possible to obrain a rather detailed picture of the variation in brisance with the properties of the metal and explosive material [1–4]. A wide class of steels (low-, medium-, and high-carbon) has been used with basically only three types of explosive: TNT, stabilized hexogen–aluminum, and stabilized octogen. The brisance of mixed compositions containing and explosive material, oxidant (potassium perchlorate), and fuel (aluminum powder) is studied in this article.