Heat of explosion and acceleration ability of explosive–inorganic oxidizer mixtures

Abstract

Experimental results have shown that the use of inorganic oxidizers (ammonium nitrate, ammonium perchlorate, and ammonium dinitramide) as additives does not lead to a considerable increase in the heat of explosion and acceleration ability of HMX. Ammonium perchlorate does not have an effect on the acceleration ability; however, it leads to an increase in the heat of explosion of triaminotrinitrobenzene. Calculations have shown that the acceleration ability of explosives with a low oxygen ratio can be increased through the formation of nanostructured composites with inorganic oxidizers. Calculations suggest that the addition of the studied oxidizers to CL-20 leads to a decrease in the acceleration ability of this promising explosive.