1st Edition

Thermal Decomposition and Combustion of Explosives and Propellants

By G.B. Manelis Copyright 2003

    This unique book investigates the synthesis, kinetics, and thermal decomposition properties and processing of energy-producing materials used in propellants, explosives, pyrotechnic, and gas-generating compositions.

    Thermal Decomposition and Combustion of Explosives and Propellants provides several mechanisms and stages for the thermal decomposition and combustion reactions of most flammable compounds and their mixtures, such asaliphatic and aromatic nitrocompounds, nitramines, nitroesters, organic azides, furazanes, tetrazols, difluoroamines, polynitrous heterocycles, and onium salts. The authors examine the classic problem of the dependence of explosive activity on molecular structure, using applications to predict the stability, compatibility, and the stabilization of explosives and propellant components. They also offer experimental results examining factors such as subsurface decomposition, evaporation, and dispersion of materials, which can be used to control combustion of condensed systems.

    Providing several approaches to stability, safety, and controlled combustion of flammable substances, Thermal Decomposition and Combustion of Explosives and Propellants is a multi-dimensional resource for graduate students, researchers and professionals interested in chemical kinetics, the combustion and synthesis of high-energy materials, criminal forensics, and the field of explosives, powders, and solid rocket propellants.

    INTRODUCTION KINETIC PROBLEMS OF DECOMPOSITION OF EXPLOSIVES AND PROPELLANTS
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    GENERAL REGULARITIES OF THERMAL DECOMPOSITION OF HIGH-ENERGY COMPOUNDS
    Gas Phase Reactions
    Liquid Phase Reactions
    Decomposition In The Solid State
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    ALIPHATIC NITROCOMPOUNDS
    Gas Phase Decomposition By The Molecular Mechanism
    Gas Phase Decomposition By The Radical Mechanism
    Competition Of The Radical And Molecular Mechanisms
    Reactions In The Condensed State
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    AROMATIC NITROCOMPOUNDS
    Gas Phase Decomposition By The Radical Mechanism
    Molecular Mechanism Of Decomposition
    Decomposition In The Liquid State
    Decomposition In The Solid State
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    SECONDARY NITROAMINES
    First Stage Of Decomposition
    Secondary Reactions
    Kinetic Data
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    ORGANIC AZIDES
    Aliphatic Azides
    Aromatic And Heterocyclic Azides
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    ORGANIC DIFLUOROAMINO COMPOUNDS
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    HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS
    Thermal Decomposition Of Furazanes And Furoxanes
    Stability Of Tetrazoles
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    NITROESTERS
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    COMPOUNDS WITH MIXED FUNCTIONS
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    GENERAL REGULARITIES OF THERMAL DECOMPOSITION OF ONIUM SALTS, NITRIC AND PERCHLORIC ACIDS, DINITRAMIDE
    General Regularities
    Nitric Acid
    Perchloric Acid
    Ninitramide
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    AMMONIUM NITRATE
    General Regularities
    Influence Of Water, Acid, And Ammonia On The Decomposition Rate
    The Heat And Macrokinetic Regularities Of Decomposition
    Thermal Decomposition Below The Melting Temperature
    Influence Of Additives On The Rate Of Thermal Decomposition

    AMMONIUM PERCHLORATE
    Kinetics Of The Low-Temperature Decomposition
    Kinetics Of The High-Temperature Decomposition
    Influence Of Excessive Acids And Bases
    Topochemical Peculiarities Of Thermal Decomposition
    Influence Of The Preliminary Irradiation And Additives
    Thermal Decomposition Of Composite Ap-Based Systems
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    AMMONIUM DINTRAMIDE
    Decomposition In The Melt
    Decomposition In The Solid Phase
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    THE SALTS OF HYDRAZINIUM, HYDROXYLAMMONIUM, AND NITRONIUM
    Hydrazinium Nitrate And Chloride
    Hydrazine Iodide
    Hydrazinium Azide
    Hydrazinium Perchloriate And Diperchlorate
    Hydroxyl Mmonium Sulphate And Phosphate
    Hydroxylammonium Chloride
    Hydroxylammonium Perchlorate And Its Hydroxylamine Complex
    Hydroxylammonium Nitrate
    Nitronium Perchlorate
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    METAL PERCHLORATES AND NITRATES, METAL SALTS OF DINITRAMIDE
    Metal Perchlorates
    Metal Nitrates
    Metal Salts Of Ninitramide
    Decomposition Of Potassium Salt In The Liquid State
    Decomposition Of Potassium Salt In The Solid Phase
    Dinitramide Salts Of Other Metals
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    BASIC ASPECTS OF THE COMBUSTION MECHANISM

    COMBUSTION OF PURE SUBSTANCES: REACTIONS IN THE CONDENSED PHASE
    The Model With Dispersion Of The Solid Substance
    The Model With Foaming Of The Reacting Substance
    The Model With Evaporation Or Sublimation
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    COMBUSTION OF PURE SUBSTANCES: REACTIONS IN THE GAS PHASE
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    COMBUSTION OF PURE SUBSTANCES: REACTIONS IN THE CONDENSED AND GAS PHASES
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    COMBUSTION OF CONDENSED COMPOSITE SYSTEMS
    Quasihomogenous Composites
    Layered Systems
    Composite Propellants
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    Biography

    G.B. Manelis