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IN an ideal detonation in condensed explosives, the relation between the density in the Chapman–Jouguet plane (ρ1) and the initial density of the explosive (ρ0) seems to be a single straight line common to most explosives. Mader1 has calculated ρ1 for a great number of explosives at different values of ρ0 ⩾ 1 g/cm3, using the semi-empirical Becker–Kistiakowsky–Wilson equation of state.
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JOHANSSON, C., PERSSON, P. Density and Pressure in the Chapman–Jouguet Plane as Functions of Initial Density of Explosives. Nature 212, 1230–1231 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1038/2121230a0
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