Obtaining of Detonation Diamonds from Individual Explosives

A method of obtaining detonation nanodiamonds from tetryl by means of blasting the latter in a water shell with the explosive/water mass ratio of 1/(10-14) is developed. The proposed method ensures the yield of the target product in the amount of 6-7 wt.% of the initial mass of the reagent with the content of nanodiamonds in the resultant batch mixture equal to 57 +/- 6 wt.%. It is demonstrated that the use of individual explosives offers some advantages over the known multicomponent mixtures in terms of cost efficiency and safety of the charge preparation process.

Automated summary

Detonation nanodiamonds can be obtained from tetryl by blasting it in a water shell, with a yield of 6-7 wt.% of the initial mass and a content of nanodiamonds of 57 +/- 6 wt.% in the resulting mixture. Individual explosives offer advantages in cost efficiency and safety of the charge preparation process compared to known multicomponent mixtures.