Toward understanding the aging effect of energetic materials via advanced isoconversional decomposition kinetics

Autor: Yoocheon Kim, Anirudha Ambekar, Jack J. Yoh
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry. 133:737-744
ISSN: 1588-2926
1388-6150
Popis: The decomposition process of typical energetic material (EM) may consist of thousands of individual reactions as well as many intermediate species. However, one-step decomposition kinetics is routinely utilized for prediction of the shelf life of EMs. The inclusion of detailed multi-step chemistry in the kinetic mechanism can improve the reliability of the lifetime prediction. This study proposes a novel procedure for lifetime prediction of EMs, which adopts isoconversional kinetics to represent the decomposition reaction scheme. The pertinent EMs considered in the study include 97.5% cyclotrimethylene-trnitramine, 95% cyclotetramethylene-tetranitramine (HMX) and boron potassium nitrate. Differential scanning calorimetry was utilized for extracting the said isoconversional kinetics complemented by experimental validation of the proposed chemical kinetics through a comparison of the numerical lifetime predictions with accelerated aging experiment measurements.
Databáze: OpenAIRE