Laser Initiation of PETN with Inclusions of Aluminum Nanoparticles under Static Pressure

Abstract

This paper describes the experimental measurement of thresholds of explosive decomposition of PETN with inclusions of aluminum nanoparticles (an average particle diameter of 100 nm) with a static pressure of 0–0.288 GPa applied to the samples under the action of the first harmonic of a pulsed (14 ns) neodymium laser. Amplitudes of optoacoustic signals as a function of concentration of inclusions in the samples with a fixed density of laser initiation energy are measured. There is a significant decrease in the initiation threshold, which is due to the fact that a gas-dynamic unload is blocked and the sample density increases.