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Reaction Delay of Aluminum in Condensed Explosives
Author(s) -
Chan Sek K.
Publication year - 2014
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.201400093
Subject(s) - explosive material , aluminium , materials science , melting point , heat transfer , particle (ecology) , thermodynamics , mechanics , composite material , chemistry , physics , oceanography , organic chemistry , geology
A universal empirical relation is derived to predict the reaction delay times of aluminum particles as a function of particle diameter and gas temperature in explosives. The predicted delay times are shown to be in reasonable agreement with experimental data obtained in both low temperature and high temperature explosives. A convective heat transfer model is used to estimate the surface temperature of the solid aluminum particles. The reaction delay time of aluminum is shown to be close to the time when the particle surface reaches the pressure dependent melting point of aluminum.