Dyno Nobel Canada
Posted by Lisa in Peer References & Insights on 05. Nov, 2009 | No Comments
Hi Daren, I have reviewed the material you have sent regarding the use of CO2 as an oxidizer for explosive formulations and application your are proposing. Your choice of CO2 as an oxidizer for the burning process, then confinement leading to explosion, are all going in the right direction. The success of formation of solid [...]
Queen’s University
Posted by Lisa in Peer References & Insights on 05. Nov, 2009 | No Comments
Hi Daren, This may be late but time has been an enemy lately. I read the proposal and I believe that it needs further investigation. In the case of production of diamonds with TNT, you have a negative molecular explosive and the detonation products contain (under the right conditions) diamonds. Reaction is fast since fuel [...]
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Posted by Lisa in Peer References & Insights on 05. Nov, 2009 | No Comments
Hi Daren, I discussed this briefly with a colleague. Without doing a careful analysis, what you say is plausible, but as you surmise, this does not amount to a commercial endorsement. Attached are two more papers on the topic of diamond formation in explosions from the extensive Russian literature. Alan K. Burnham Deputy Director for [...]
