IIRC from Stetbacher's book, LOX/carbon black does not deflagrate, but detonates at 4+ miles/second, as good as RDX.
IIRC from Stetbacher's book, LOX/carbon black does not deflagrate, but detonates at 4+ miles/second, as good as RDX.
I stand corrected, but... It looked like deflagration in the several sites I checked, especially since it was used in hobby rockets and compared to nitrate based explosives. Have no idea where I put my Explosives Handbook for Military Use so I could be sure.
There are more than a few explosives if they are compacted and in large quantity shift from deflagration to detonation. So you can have a nitrate based explosive do either and since they seems to come up in relation to LOX/CB, that might also be the case here. Especially since it can be ignited with a flame and most of the sites noted that it is bagged to get good results.
Usually (but not always) detonation is stared with a shock wave, like a blasting cap. Deflagration with a burning front. But, as noted, you can shift from deflagration to detonation.
In any case, my points still stand. It is not the best thing to use in any case.