On Shock Wave Chemistry of Molecular Condensed Explosives

Abstract

It follows from the previous chapters that the limits of SDT, detonation kinetic stability, as well as detonation failure diameter, are governed by BD phenomena, and the BDs, in turn, are specified by the regularities of EMs’ explosion energy release. In this connection it should be mentioned that the mechanism of condensed explosives’ transformation is still the least investigated in the theory of detonation. Over the last two decades, the problem has attracted the attention of many scientists [Eyr75, EL75, KHW77, 0S79, CT81, DCM81, Tar82, ZT83, SMSS83, SMS83, POLS84, TT84, TR85, TT85, DD85, SMS⁺86a, MSSH86, POO⁺86, OPS086, ED87, Wa188, RT87, LOBG87, TC88, De189, TR89, MS89, DF89, Gi189, CH89, Odi90, Wa190a, Wa190b, KD90, CLT⁺92, HC95a, TFD93, MP94, Kun95, HC95b, Wa195b, Wa195a, Gi195, D1o95, Coo95, CFH95, Gup95, Cof95b, Cof95a]. Nevertheless, so far no detailed molecular interpretation of the mechanism has been advanced. Most of the investigators have tried to elucidate how the high parameters (pressure and density) of the explosive shock-compressed state affect the chemistry of the explosive molecules. But how the state is formed, namely, the process of explosive shock-compression, has not been taken into account.