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Effects of the combustion-deflagration-detonation transition preventing agents (DPAs) on the performance of plastic-bonded explosives (PBX) on the basis of hydroxy-terminated polybutadiene as a binder and RDX as an explosive have been examined in this study. It was shown that the impact sensitivity of PBX can be reduced tremendously on the addition of DPAs. On the other hand, DPAs have only minor effect on the thermal stability of PBX. The silane coupling agent which used to treat the surface of RDX not only improves the interaction between HTPB and RDX but also takes part in the curing reaction, thereby altering the degree of curing during molding. However, these effects are shear-rate and temperature dependent.
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