Evaluation of decomposition kinetics of energetic materials in the combustion wave

Experimental data on burning rates and surface temperatures have been shown to allow deriving unique information on decomposition kinetics of energetic materials at high temperatures, provided combustion of these materials occurs in the condensed phase. In the paper, kinetic parameters of the leading reaction on combustion of four solid rocket propellant oxidizers: ammonium perchlorate (AP), ammonium nitrate (AN). ammonium dinitramide (ADN), and hydrazine nitroformate (HNF), as well as six energetic fillers: 1,3,5,7-tetranitro-1,3,5,7-tetraazacyclooctane (HMX), 1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazacyclohexane (RDX), bicyclo-1,3,5,7-tetranitro-1,3,5,7-tetraazacyclooctane (bicyclo-HMX), hexanitrohexaazaisowurtzitane (CL-20),3,3'-diamino-4,4'-azofurazan (DAAzF), and 3-nitro-1,2,4-triazole-5-one (NTO) are evaluated from available combustion data. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.