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Table 3.27 COMPOSITION B ON DURAL
DETONATION PROPERTIES
RDX/TNT: 64.0 f 0.6 wt% RDX. 1.713 f 0.002 g/ems. Holston” Grade A Com-
position B. Two 102- by 254-mm pieces to make 203-mm thickness. P-080 booster.
D = 3.127 p. + 2.673 at 65 wt% RDX and increases 0.0134 km/s per 1 wt% RDX
increase.
Plate
Dural.
Shot
No.
b
b
b
b
b
b
8A579
b
8A665
b
b
b
8A266
b
b
b
b
8A507
7c93
8A260
8A261
8A554
8A666
8A620
8A580
8A344
8A581
8A582
8A684
8A583
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Plate Plate No. Free-Surface
Density Thickness Uf, Velocity
k/cma) (mm) Dets (km/sjb
2.793 1.85 3 3.414 If: 0.027
2.793 2.54 5 3.389 f 0.028
2.793 3.16 3 3.378 f 0.018
2.794 3.77 3 3.350 f 0.017
2.797 4.83 2 3.351 f 0.013
2.793 5.08 7 3.330 zk 0.016
2.790 6.32 5 3.363 zk 0.011
2.794 6.34 4 3.304 h 0.028
2.790 6.37 5 3.320 f 0.017
2.793 7.61 5 3.290 f 0.024
2.797 8.10 2 3.312 f 0.006
2.794 8.87 2 3.251 * 0.021
2.793 9.96 24 3.297 zt 0.025
2.793 10.17 7 3.261 f 0.032
2.796 11.31 4 3.256 f 0.033
2.793 12.23 4 3.240 f 0.018
2.794 12.66 3 3.222 f 0.042
2.784 12.72 5 3.251 f 0.038
2.782 12.73 7 3.262 z!z 0.008
2.793 12.82 6 3.251 ho.024
2.793 12.85 6 3.234 zt 0.016
2.790 13.06 5 3.210 f 0.017
2.790 19.04 5 3.195 i 0.018
2.790 19.19 5 3.145 zk 0.014
2.790 19.20 5 3.207 4~ 0.008
2.782 23.98 8 3.137 f 0.032
2.790 25.58 5 3.085 f 0.014
2.790 38.33 5 2.961 f 0.020
2.784 50.80 5 2.889 f 0.034
2.790 50.95 5 2.831 ho.037
“Holston Defense Corp., Kingsport, Tennessee.
bData for this entry were determined on some or all of the following shots: 8A-
225, -229, -273, -285, and -325; each was fired using several plate thicknesses.
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