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PHILOU Zrealone
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[*] posted on 2-4-2009 at 03:37
Density of sorbitol hexanitrate vs mannitol hexanitrate


Does someone here have density datas over SHN vs MHN...being isomers of each other their explosive properties must be very close and following me only the density can give an advantage of one on the other...VOD is indeed density related and must increase by +/-450 m/s by every increase of 0.1 g/ccm...

So which is the fastest at max density? SHN of MHN?


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[*] posted on 2-4-2009 at 12:08


Quote: Originally posted by PHILOU Zrealone  

So which is the fastest at max density? SHN of MHN?

You're not?, I hope, thinking of casting MHN. . .
I don't have those densities, but nitrodulcite, also isomeric with MHN is a solid m.p.~ 95*C, so it might be castable.
AFAIK, viscous liquids have somewhat lower VoDs than more mobile liquids. . .
Not sure how this relates to solids, though!
Davis gives the VoD of MHN as 8260 m/s at a density of 1.73, though this may not be its maximum.
Any differences would, I imagine, be slight. . .
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[*] posted on 2-4-2009 at 19:52


Quote: Originally posted by PHILOU Zrealone  
Does someone here have density datas over SHN vs MHN...
...VOD is indeed density related and must increase by +/-450 m/s by every increase of 0.1 g/ccm...
[Edited on 2-4-2009 by PHILOU Zrealone]

MHN solid - 1,80(TMD), 1,73 , cast - 1,604 and 1,595
SHN 1.58 (solid? cast?)

Usually the increase of VoD is 300-350 m/s for 0.1 g/ccm

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[*] posted on 3-4-2009 at 02:50


SHN, according to Davis, is an uncrystallisable viscous liquid, whereas DHN (dulcitol hexanitrate) is a (relatively) low-melting solid.
Acronyms abound. . .
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