Acceleration Ability of Mixtures of Explosives with a Positive and Negative Oxygen Balance

Abstract

The possibilities of increasing the acceleration ability (AA) of energetic materials by creating compositions combining high explosives (HEs) with a positive and negative oxygen balance are analyzed. For the calculations, three relatively new compounds are selected as HE-oxidizers: 3,6-dinitro-1,4-bis(trinitromethyl)-1,4-dihydropyrazolo[4,3-c]pyrazole; 4,4′5,5′-tetranitro-2,2′-bis(trinitromethyl)-2Н,2′Н-3,3′-bipyrazole; and 2-dinitromethyl-5-nitrotetrazole. HMX and CL-20 perform the function of HE-fuel. From the calculations it follows that the AA of HMX increases markedly with the addition of the mentioned oxidizers, and the introduction of oxidizers in the composition with CL-20 leads to a slight increase in AA.