Crystal size dependence for impact initiation of cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine explosive
- 1 August 1990
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Journal of Applied Physics
- Vol. 68 (3) , 979-984
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.346664
Abstract
The dislocation pile-up avalanche model is used to explain the crystal size dependence for hot spot-controlled initiation of chemical decomposition in cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine crystals subjected to drop-weight impact testing. Deformation-induced temperature rises, hot spot sizes, and lifetimes are related to previously reported values for direct thermal decomposition. A reasonable chemical reaction yield is estimated from available kinetic data.This publication has 16 references indexed in Scilit:
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