A non-contracting beta backscatter gage for explosive quantity measurement
Abstract
A noncontracting method of measuring the quantity of light initiable explosive previously applied to a surface is described. Design parameters, calibration procedures, and field results are given for a beta backscatter gage which measures the areal density of a layer of the primary explosive, silver acetylide-silver nitrate (SASN), on a carbon or aluminum subsurface. The radiation patterns produced by the gage using three different beta source geometries are determined and their relative merits are discussed.
- Publication:
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Shock Vibration Information Center Shock Vibration Bulletin
- Pub Date:
- September 1978
- Bibcode:
- 1978SVICB......113H
- Keywords:
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- Density Measurement;
- Explosives;
- Measuring Instruments;
- Calibrating;
- Density (Mass/Volume);
- Silver Nitrates;
- Instrumentation and Photography