Shipping containers for small samples of high explosives

Abstract

Two sizes of shipping containers for high explosives have been designed and tested at the Los Alamos National Laboratory. The containers have been tested by detonating a powerful, HMX-based explosive in the containers. The containers were approved for shipping 70% of the minimum weight of explosive that could cause vessel failure. I.

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“…These explosives may be uncharacterized materials sent for laboratory evaluation or standard explosives for test comparisons. For this purpose, Hildner and Urizar (1981) have'designed a shipping container for small samples of high explosives. They used vermiculite as a filler to absorb explosive energy.…”