Application of introduced nano-diamonds for the study of carbon condensation during detonation of high explosives

TL;DR

This study investigates nano-diamond formation during explosive detonation using SAXS, introducing a novel method of embedding nano-diamonds into explosives to model their instant creation during detonation.

Contribution

It presents a new experimental approach incorporating nano-diamonds into explosives to simulate their immediate formation during detonation.

Findings

Nano-diamonds are formed during TNT/RDX detonation.

A novel SAXS method was used at a synchrotron source.

Embedded nano-diamonds enable modeling of their instant formation.

Abstract

This paper describes the experimental studies of the formation of nano-diamonds during detonation of TNT/RDX 50/50 mixture with small-angle x-ray scattering (SAXS) method at a synchrotron radiation beam on VEPP-3 accelerator. A new experimental method with introduction of nano-diamonds into the explosive has been applied. Inclusion of the diamonds obtained after detonation into the TNT and RDX explosives allows modelling of the case of instant creation of nano-diamonds during detonation.