Addendum to Phase 1 HE R&D IBCA; Update on Option 2a' Energetic Materials Characterization Facility Los Alamos National Laboratory

11 page hardcopy vugraph presentation, spiral bound, with clear plastic front cover. Option 2a' was to "Downsize in Place at LANL with EMCF". EMCF functions were described as: Bench-scale synthesis and formulation, Analytical chemistry and materials characterization, and Materials safety, sensitivity, compatibility, and performance testing, including small test-fires. These functions were presented as having direct application to Stockpile material acceptance and certification and Stockpile surveillance and recertification. Ink noes on pages 5, 8 and 9. Slide 7 presents a Qualitative Analysis of Mission Risk. Slight curl to front edge of briefing package. This type of pre-decisional analytical inputs rarely survive after the key decisions have been made. Energetic materials comprise explosives, pyrotechnics, and propellants. The science of energetic materials is dedicated to developing means to predict performance and safety characteristics with high fidelity. This is a particular challenge and is predicated on materials science and engineering, physics, chemistry, and dynamic response in extreme conditions. Fundamental elements of these complicated composite materials remain grand challenges-from the design of high-energy metastable molecules, to the engineering of composite formulations, to the processing parameters that link to safety and performance characteristics in as-yet undetermined ways. Key elements include crystalline mechanics, grain dynamics, multiphase interfaces, thermal and mechanical damage, and failure-all linked to multistep and high-rate chemistry and shock physics. A future revolution in our understanding and predictive capability for energetic materials behavior and responses is dependent upon sustained focus and advances in materials research and development. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus.…