Performance of high explosives in underwater applications. Part 2: Aluminized explosives

The change in postdetonation free energy has been used for assessment of the sum of shock and bubble energies of aluminized explosives in underwater applications. As has been suggested for CHNO explosives the detonation pressure also in this case seems to be a significant factor. For compositions with a high Al content it is probable that additional energy becomes available from reaction of Al with water in the surrounding medium.