Reactions in the Detonation Waves of

Course of Reactions in the Detonation Waves of Explosive Mixtures. This problem was investigated in Russia by Apin, Voskoboinikov Sosnova and their paper was translated into English by Backman. It is listed here as Ref 83, listed on p D729 

The increase in the deton vel of TNT-combustible metal (such as colloidal boron) mixtures at chge diams greater than 40mm showed that metals (in particular boron) can bum-up in the deton wave of condensed expls with the liberation of an additional amt of heat which leads to the growth of 

It is assumed that in such expls the reaction of the wave proceeds in the following way at first the expl components are completely decomposed in the specific volume and then after the elapse of some interval of time there begins an effective reaction of the subreaction betw the products of their decompn. The agreement of the results of the calcn of the deton vel Dg (corresponding to the completion of the first stage of the reaction) with the exptl values of pseodoideal deton vel D2 for a series of expl mixtures serve well to verify such a scheme of the course of the reaction 

In the investigation of liquid expl mixtures, there was observed a strong dependence of the velocity on the diam of the chge, although it practically completely disappeared for individual liquids and monocrystalline expls 

The fundamental cause of the pseudo-ideal deton vels that are observed in the progress by stages of the reaction at the deton wave front of mixed HE s is due to the kinetics of the decompn of the expl components. A whole series of factors have an influence on the rate of liberation of energy in the wave 

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