SZ/OEMU/31/1/39-40 - The adiabatic pressure - volume relation of the products of detonation of aluminium - T.N.T. mixtures, 27/7/43

Reference code

SZ/OEMU/31/1/39-40

Level of description

Item

Title

The adiabatic pressure - volume relation of the products of detonation of aluminium - T.N.T. mixtures, 27/7/43

Date/s

1943

Quantity & Format

11 leaves

Subject

TNT (chemical)

Creator

Booth, F.

Creator

Jones, H.

Administrative/Biographical history

recipient

Scope and content

R.C. 384

The variation, with the amount of aluminium added, of the initial pressures and temperatures on explosion is examined. The theory for the adiabatic expansion of the products is developed and applied to the products from charges of pure T.N.T. and T.N.T. with three different percentages of aluminium by weight. The results of the calculations are compared with recent experimental data on the underwater efficiency of aluminised explosives. Tables and graphs are included.

Report written by F. Booth and H. Jones.

Two copies.

SZ - Zuckerman Archive
- SZ/OEMU - Ministry of Home Security, Oxford Extra-Mural Unit
  - SZ/OEMU/31 - [OEMU. CDRC - Mechanism of bombs]
    - SZ/OEMU/31/1 - [OEMU. CDRC - Mechanism of bombs, 1940-1945]
      - SZ/OEMU/31/1/39-40 - The adiabatic pressure - volume relation of the products of detonation of aluminium - T.N.T. mixtures, 27/7/43

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