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Correlations between Reaction Dynamics Experiments and the Detonation of Explosives
Author(s) -
Walker Franklin E.
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.19900150504
Subject(s) - detonation , explosive material , kinetic energy , reaction rate , molecular dynamics , detonation velocity , dynamics (music) , chemical kinetics , shock (circulatory) , mechanics , kinetics , chemistry , thermodynamics , chemical reaction , materials science , computational chemistry , classical mechanics , physics , catalysis , medicine , biochemistry , organic chemistry , acoustics
Abstract Data and information reported from reaction dynamics experiments appear to correlate very well with data and calculations from the detonation of chemical explosives. Comparisons are presented of particle and vibratiional velocities, atomic and molecular kinetic energics, time scales for reaction, bond strengths, and shock velocity data. A rationale and method for determining detonation velocities and evidence for rate‐determining kinetics from the reaction dynamics data and molecular dynamics calculations are presented. It is concluded that first order values for detonation characteristics can be calculated from the energy and reaction rate factors considered, and that the methods of reaction dynamics discussed could be applied to the study of probable detonation reactions to give refined quantitative values for detonation processes.