The Use of Lead in Explosive Cladding

✍ Scribed by R. Prümmer

• Book ID: 105355024
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1976
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 480 KB
• Volume: 1
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0721-3115
• DOI: 10.1002/prep.19760010506

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

Lead has for a long time not been employed in explosive cladding because its velocity of sound (c = 1250 m/s) is very low compared to the detonation velocities of conventional explosives (vD ≈ 3000 m/s). I t is shown that by using a carbonite explosive, which has a detonation velocity of less than 1500 m/s, useful explosive cladding can be achieved. The relationship between quantity of explosive and cladding parameters such as angle of collision and plate velocity vp is determined. The interface between lead‐copper and lead‐steel claddings is wave‐like. The wavelength depends on the angle of collision and is larger for lead‐copper claddings than for those between lead and steel.