Investigation Of PETN Monocrystals Initiation By Electron Beams

Electron beam initiation of PETN monocrystals depending on their size and defectiveness as well as electron beam parameters and environmental acoustic stiffness, was investigated. The length of PETN monocrystals was from 1 mm to 30 mm. The experiments used pulsed accelerator of electrons GIN‐540 with the average beam‐current value of ∼1kA, pulse length of τ0.5≈10 ns, the average electron energy of ∼250keV. The experiments showed that the low level of fluence of electrons led to the appearance of additional defects in PETN crystals. When fluence of electrons increased the different experimental results were observed: crystal destruction, initiation of crystal explosive decomposition, sample detonation to form a mark on witness plate. The fixed parameters of electron action showed the dependence of experimental results on acoustic stiffness of a reference plate material.