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Acta Armamentarii ›› 2023, Vol. 44 ›› Issue (5): 1350-1357.doi: 10.12382/bgxb.2022.0092

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Characteristics of Pulsed Laser Initiation of Light-Sensitive Explosives

WANG Dengwang, XU Haibin, MA Zelong, XU Chang, LIU Xiaodong, ZHANG Yunfeng, ZHAO Qifeng*()   

  1. National Key Laboratory of Intense Pulsed Radiation Simulation and Effect, Northwest Institute of Nuclear Technology, Xi’an 710024, Shaanxi, China
  • Received:2022-02-17 Online:2022-06-23
  • Contact: ZHAO Qifeng

Abstract:

The silver acetylide-silver nitrate loading technology is an important means to simulate the structural response of intense pulsed X-ray. Pulsed laser initiation is different from the traditional method of initiation by light-induced high pressure. Its advantage lies in the enhanced operating controllability, the implementation of special-shaped load and the timeliness of simultaneous loading. The laser initiation mechanism is analyzed, the laser initiation platform and the properties of silver acetylide-silver nitrate material are introduced, and then the laser initiation experiment is carried out according to the light absorption characteristics of light-sensitive explosives. The initiation thresholds of laser with wavelengths of 193nm/266nm/532nm/1064nm are respectively obtained, namely, 5.07mJ/mm2, 6.77mJ/mm2, 7.21mJ/mm2 and 10.61mJ/mm2, and the complete initiation process is verified by detonation velocity. The generation of elements in the reaction process is characterized by radiation spectroscopy. This work can provide technical support for the study of pulsed laser initiation process and mechanism, explosion load law, and the loading technology of using light-sensitive explosives to simulate X-ray structural response.

Key words: light-initiated high explosive, pulsed laser, silver acetylide-silver nitrate, threshold value, structural response