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Calorimetric determination of the heat and products of detonation of an Unusual CHNOFS Explosive
Author(s) -
Ornellas D. L.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
propellants, explosives, pyrotechnics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.56
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1521-4087
pISSN - 0721-3115
DOI - 10.1002/prep.19890140308
Subject(s) - detonation , explosive material , chlorine , chemistry , fluorine , polymer , sulfur , standard enthalpy of formation , detonation velocity , materials science , organic chemistry
Abstract The heat of detonation of an explosive is determined by its chemical structure and the nature of the products that are formed during detonation. Most explosives contain the elements CHNO and, because plastic bonded explosives often include stable halocarbon polymers, the elements fluorine and/or chlorine may also be present. However, little is known about the effect of the combination of fluorine and sulfur on heat of detonation, specifically the SF 5 group. Detonation calorimetry was the experimental technique used to determine the heat and very unusual products of detonation of tris‐(fluorodinitroethyl) pentafluorothio ethylorthocarbonate.