Fibrillatable PTFE in plastic-bonded explosives

摘要

An improved plastic-bonded explosive composition which includes from 2 wt. % up to 30 wt. % of a nitrocellulose binder and comprises incorporating into the composition during preparation from about 0.0025 wt. % up to a value less than 2 wt. % of fibrillatable polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) and mixing the composition thoroughly and with sufficient shearing action whereby the PTFE fibrillates and becomes substantially uniformly distributed throughout the finished composition.