Inside this Issue 2 Simulation: A Window into the Detonation of High Explosives 3 Modeling of High-Explosive Detonation Performance 5 The Detonation Sandwich 6 Joint DoD/DOE Munitions Technology Development Program—High Explosives 9 New Faces at the Office of Stockpile Stewardship 10 Publication Highlights T you all for your excellent contributions in FY 2011. The Obama Administration and U.S. ...

The benefits of using insensitive high explosives (IHE) like PBX 9502 (9502) have been well documented [1]. These desirable features come at a price. The reaction zone is longer for IHEs, thus making them more nonideal. In real world applications, this translates into significant performance problems, such as problems with detonation wave spreading. The speed of detonation propagation is affect...

Polyclonal and monoclonal antibodies were raised to protein carrier molecules haptenized with RDX, a major component of many plastic explosives including Semtex. Sera from immunized mice detected RDX protein conjugates in standard ELISA. Clonally purified monoclonal antibodies had detection limits in the sub-ng/mL range for underivatized RDX in competition ELISA. The monoclonal antibodies are n...