Characterization of the Detonation Pressure of a PETN Based PBX with the Optical Active Method

Detonation metrology is essential for the development of energetic materials, to characterize existing explosives, and materials behavior under high pressures. The optical active method (OAM), based on PMMA fibers (250 ?m diameter) their radiation transmission loss when shocked, was used detonation wave (DW) shock (SW) in inert barriers applied measure pressure condensed explosives. velocity a PBX PETN (86 % PETN, 14 Sylgard), known as Seismoplast were measured. OAM with protected probes (POP) determine mean (7337 m s?1), whereas bare (BOP) induced velocities generated by different thicknesses (1–9 mm), aluminum copper (1–7 mm). Based at interfaces between explosive barriers, CJ determined 21.2 GPa.