The Diagnostics of the Chemical Reaction Zone at the Detonation of Condensed Explosives

TL;DR

This paper introduces a highly-sensitive real-time diagnostic method for the von Neumann peak during explosive detonation, revealing the complex relationship between pressure and chemical reactions and how charge structure affects reaction kinetics.

Contribution

It presents a novel diagnostic approach for real-time detection of the chemical reaction zone in explosive detonation, highlighting the influence of charge structure on reaction kinetics.

Findings

No direct link between pressure and chemical reaction course

Charge structure influences chemical peak kinetics

Method enables real-time diagnostics of detonation processes

Abstract

The highly-sensitive method is proposed for the real-time diagnostics of the von Neumann peak at detonation of brisant high explosives. The absence of the direct link between the pressure and the course of chemical reactions was shown. For TNT (trinitrotoluene), the influence of the structure of charge on the kinetics of chemical peak was demonstrated.