SYNTHESIS OF 1, 2-AND 1, 4-bis [α-(2, 4, 6-TRINITROANILINO)-ACETAMIDO] BENZENE AS NEW INSENSITIVE EXPLOSIVES

BP Bandgar, VR Damal, SS Pandit

Index: Bandgar; Damal; Pandit Organic Preparations and Procedures International, 1998 , vol. 30, # 6 p. 703 - 705

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Abstract

There is a critical need in industry for explosive compositions which would be safe, reliable and stable at above 350" temperatures. For example, it is sometimes necessary to shoot explosive devices into hot wells at temperatures which may reach as high as 200-300". In the steel industry, open hearth furnaces are tapped with explosive shaped charges in tap holes at temperatures above 500". The explosives available at present, which have the ...