title: Sensitivity to friction for primary explosives.
abstract: The sensitivity to friction for a selection of primary explosives has been studied using a small BAM friction apparatus. The probit analysis was used for the construction of a sensitivity curve for each primary explosive tested. Two groups of primary explosives were chosen for measurement (a) the most commonly used industrially produced primary explosives (e.g. lead azide, tetrazene, dinol, lead styphnate) and (b) the most produced improvised primary explosives (e.g. triacetone triperoxide, hexamethylenetriperoxide diamine, mercury fulminate, acetylides of heavy metals). A knowledge of friction sensitivity is very important for determining manipulation safety for primary explosives. All the primary explosives tested were carefully characterised (synthesis procedure, shape and size of crystals). The sensitivity curves obtained represent a unique set of data, which cannot be found anywhere else in the available literature.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Energetic Materials, Faculty of Chemical Technology, University of Pardubice, Pardubice 532 10, Czech Republic. robert.matyas@upce.cz
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Matyáš
authors.forename: Jakub
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Šelešovský
authors.forename: Tomáš
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Musil
mesh_terms: D003460:Crystallization; D016208:Databases, Factual; D053834:Explosive Agents / Q000737:chemistry*; D017276:Friction; D006573:Heterocyclic Compounds, 1-Ring; D006813:Humidity; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D010316:Particle Size; D010545:Peroxides; D013055:Spectrophotometry, Infrared
chemical_list: D053834:Explosive Agents; D006573:Heterocyclic Compounds, 1-Ring; D010545:Peroxides; C495284:triacetone triperoxide