1. The Effect of Microsized Aluminum Powder on Thermal Decomposition of HNIW (CL-20).
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Mao, Xiaoxiang, Zhu, Chenguang, Li, Yanchun, Li, Yifan, Jiang, Longfei, and Wang, Xiaoming
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ALUMINUM powder , *NONLINEAR regression , *ACTIVATION energy , *POWDERS , *SCANNING electron microscopy , *COMBUSTION - Abstract
DSC experiments were conducted on the 2,4,6,8,10,12-hexanitro-2,4,6,8,10,12-hexaaza-tetracyclo-[5.5.0.05,9.03,11]-dodecane (also known as HNIW or CL-20) and CL-20 containing 10 wt.% microsized aluminum (Al) powders. The kinetic parameters of CL-20 and CL-20/Al were obtained by ASTM685 and Friedman methods, respectively, indicating that Al powder decreases the activation energy of CL-20 slightly and has a catalytic effect on the thermal decomposition of CL-20. By the method of nonlinear multivariate regression, kinetic models of CL-20 and CL-20/Al were derived as fα=1−αn1+kcat⋅α, where the lgkcat of CL-20 and CL-20/Al is 1.97 and 2.12, respectively, showing that the autocatalytic ability of CL-20 had been increased by adding Al powder. From the SEM images of CL-20/Al and the XRD pattern of the decomposition residues of CL-20/Al, it can be inferred that partial combustion of Al particles happened in the microscale view and led to the release of heat. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2019
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