Research Article

Characteristics of a New Plastic Explosive Named EPX-1

Table 3

The calculated detonation characteristics of the studied explosives.

No. Explosive type Density (g·cm−3)EXPLO5
Detonation velocity (m·s−1) (%)Detonation pressure (GPa)Detonation heat (J·g−1)

1PETN [1]1.708350−0.628.626258
2EPX-11.557398−3.121.175742
3Semtex 1A [1]1.477014−3.417.525099
4Semtex 10 [3]1.527370−1.520.895708
5Formex P11.537346−2.620.035411
6Sprängdeg m/46 [1]1.527232−3.819.285345