Research Article

Preparation and Characterization of a New High-Performance Plastic Explosive in Comparison with Traditional Types

Table 3

The calculated detonation characteristics of the studied explosives.

No.Explosive typeDensity (g·cm−3)EXPLO5
Detonation velocity (m·s−1)(Dcal − Dexp)/
(Dexp/100) (%)
Detonation pressure (GPa)Detonation heat (J·g−1)

1Comp C4 [21]1.617815−2.923.575512
2EPX-1 [20]1.557398−3.121.175742
3Semtex 10 [27]1.527370−1.520.895708
4Formex P1 [20]1.537346−2.620.035411
5Sprängdeg m/46 [21]1.527232−3.819.285345
6EPX-2R1.587679−2.622.765493