Studying Properties of Explosives Exposed to Organic Solvents

This paper presents investigation data on changes in the sensitivity of HMX and the HMX‐based explosive compound (PBX‐9010 type) to the impact and friction when they are phlegmatized by the organic solvent such as dimethylformamide (DMF). For these types of exposure, the phlegmatized HMX and the explosive compound (EC) of PBX ‐9010 type are noted to have lower sensitivity, if compared with the initial HMX and EC of PBX ‐9010 type, respectively. The paper demonstrates the principle possibility to enhance explosion safety of damaged engineered systems (IS) due to the treatment of damaged EC parts, which are constituents of these systems, by organic solvents.