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Science 20 February 1970:
Vol. 167. no. 3921, pp. 1124 - 1126
DOI: 10.1126/science.167.3921.1124
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Transverse Wave Instability in a Solid Explosive

B. B. Dunne 1

1 Science Applications, Inc.. P.O. Box 2351, La Jolla, California

By the use of a metal indentation techinque, microscopic transverse or side-running shock waves can be detected in composition C-4, an explosive consisting largely of cyclonite (RDX) with organic plasticizers. The minimum wave spacing observed is approximately 0.05 millimeters. with a lateral velocity of about 6.5 millimeters per microsecond. The instability was demnostrated in cylindrically divergent detonation waves.

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