Combustion of explosives

K.K. Andreev, "Termicheskoe Razlozhenie i Gorenie Vzryvchatykh.Veshchestv (Thermal Decomposition and Combustion of Explosives), Nauka, Moscow,... 

F) K.K. Andreev, "Termicheskoye Razlo-zheniye i Goreniye Vzryvchatykh Veshchestv (Thermal Decomposition and Combustion of Explosive Substances), GosEnergoIzdat, Moscow(1957) G) P. Breisacher et al, "Flame Front Structure of Lean Diborane-Air and Diborane-Hydrocarbon-Air Mixtures", 7thSympCombstn(1959), PP 894-902 H) M. Getstein, "A Study of Alkylsilane Flames , Ibid, pp 903-05 I) P.L. Harrison, "The Combustion.of Titanium and Zirconium , Ibid, pp 913-20 J) J.D. Lewis A.C, Merrington, "Combustion of n-Heptane Spray in the Decomposition Products of Concentrated Hydrogen Peroxide , Ibid, pp 953-57... 

Heats of combustion of explosives deficient in oxygen (See Vol 1 of Encycl, p A515, under "Available Oxygen ) are always higher than either their heats of explosion or of detonation. For expls with positive oxygen balance to CO2, like NG, there should not be any difference between these values Values for heats of combustion may be found in the same sources as indicated under "Heat of Formation . Some selected values for explosives are given in the Table which is at the end of "Heat of Explosion and Heat of Detonation ... 

D) G.B. Kistiakowsky, "The Heats of Combustion of Explosives , OSRD 702 (July 1942) [Heats of combstn of 50 nitrated compds were detd heats of formation were calculated heats of expln deton velocities... 

E) G. Stegeman, "Heat of Combustion of Explosive Substances , OSRD 5306(July 1945) [Detn of Qcombstn of 21 expl compds 2 nonexpl compds heats of formation at const press were calcd]... 

Combustion. 1) V.E. Annikov et al, Effect of Water, Ammonium Carbonate and other Additives on Combustion of Explosives , FizGoreniya-Vzryva 5 (1), 60-67 (1969) CA 71, 40905 (1969) [The authors state that the effects of w on the burning rate of Tetryl and RDX in a constant pressure bomb can be explained by the Zel dovich (1942) theory. They report that the burning rate of RDX with iO to 20% w added is higher because of strong turbulence] 2) M A. 

Combustion of Explosives, See Burning and Burning Characteristics of Explosives, in Vol 2,p B343-R and the following refs ... 

Glazkova A. P. Kataliz goreniia vzryvchatykh veshchestv [Catalysis of Combustion of Explosives]. Moscow Nauka, 531 p. (1976). 

TNB, the values are in the 13—16cm range. This procedure results in the following order of decreasing shock sensitivity HMX, PETN, Hexa-nitrodiphenyl sulfate, Tetryl, TNB, TNA and Pb Azide] 5) B.N. Kondrikov et al, One Method of Determining the Combustibility of Explosives , VzryvnoeDelo 1970, No 68/25,139—49 (Russ) CA 73,89715 (1970) [The combusti-... 

Generally speaking, combustion is a heat-releasing chemical oxidation reaction, which is often accompanied by the occurrence of a flame. Flame temperatures differ widely from approx. 2000 K for an open flame to approx. 3000 K for the flame of an acetylene cutting torch. Remarkably, the heats of combustion of explosives is generally lower than those of common fuels (pine wood with 12.9% water 4.422 kcal/g, acetylene 11.923 kcal/g, dynamite 75% 1.290 kcal/g. 

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