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Initiation of some energetic materials by microwave heating
Author(s) -
Hasue Kazuo,
Tanabe Masami,
Watanabe Nobutune,
Nakahara Shoji,
Okada Fumiaki,
Iwama Akira
Publication year - 1990
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.19900150502
Subject(s) - energetic material , materials science , ammonium perchlorate , explosive material , microwave , microwave heating , analytical chemistry (journal) , composite material , chemistry , organic chemistry , physics , quantum mechanics , composite number
Microwave heating of ammonium nitrate (AN), tetryl, PETN, RDX, HMX, TNT, emulsion explosive, Composition C‐4, and ammonium perchlorate (AP) was carried out at the frequency of 2450 + 50 MHz. The energetic materials were confined in sodalime glass tubes with teflon and silicon rubber plugs. The order of increasing initiation delay time was AN, tetryl, PETN, RDX, HMX, and TNT. Also, the order of the initiation energy of energetic materials was the same when the anode currents of microwave power source were 1.1 A and 0.8 A. The initiation processes of energetic materials were recorded on videotapes which showed that the energetic materials gencrally melted before initiation. The temperatures of energctic matcrials were measured by K‐type (chromel‐alumel) thermocouples and an infrared thermometer. The temperature of each energetic material started to rise rapidly when the temperature neared the meiting point. Initiation occured near the ignition temperature with a delay varying from 6 to 109 seconds.