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Study on Comparative Performance of CL‐20/RDX‐based CMDB Propellants
Author(s) -
Wang Jiangning,
Yang Lilong,
Zheng Wei,
Zhang Jun
Publication year - 2019
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.201900029
Subject(s) - propellant , combustion , materials science , composite number , mass fraction , energetic material , chemical engineering , chemistry , composite material , organic chemistry , explosive material , engineering
The energy, combustion and combustion residues properties of composite modified double‐base (CMDB)propellants with CL‐20 were compared to those propellants with RDX. The energy characteristic of CL‐20/RDX‐CMDB propellants had also been calculated theoretically based on the principle of minimum free energy. The energy property of propellants with CL‐20 was found to be evidently enhanced in comparison to those propellants containing RDX. The findings on combustion properties revealed that the combustion properties of CL‐20‐CMDB propellants were contrary to the of RDX‐CMDB propellants. With the mass fraction of CL‐20 increasing in the propellants, the burning rates of propellants can be enhanced significantly, but the burning rates of propellants containing RDX decreased. Analysis of the combustion residues for CL‐20/RDX‐CMDB propellants revealed that the C, Cu and Pb elements aggregated on combustion surface, which may be useful for guiding the regulation of combustion performance of high‐performance CMDB propellants containing CL‐20.