A STUDY OF THE EXPLOSION LIMITS OF SIMPLE DIFLUORAMINO COMPOUNDS.

Abstract

Data on the explosion limit of 1,2-DP are shown to be inconsistent with the concept of thermal explosion and to require interpretation in terms of a branched-chain mechanism. The chemical and kinetic evidence suggests a mechanism of the form NF2 + DP yielding F + non-reactive products; NF2 + DP yielding 3F + non-reactive products; F + DP yielding NF2 + non-reactive products; NF2 + DP yielding non-reactive products; F yielding surface destruction mechanism. On the basis of this mechanism and the experimental data in spherical vessels of different diameters an equation was derived for describing the relation between the explosion pressure P (measured in units of mm Hg) and D (measured in cm). The initiation mechanism in drop weight tests in interpreted in terms of heat transfer from adiabatically compressed gas in the sample volume to the explosive liquid. Data were obtained on the initiation of IBA using various gases in the sample volume. These data were correlated in terms of the temperature rise of the gas-liquid interface due to the impact of the drop weight. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 18, 1965
Accession Number
AD0368889

Entities

People

  • G. Von Elbe

Organizations

  • ARCO

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Diameters
  • Energy Transfer
  • Equations
  • Experimental Data
  • Explosions
  • Explosives
  • Heat Transfer
  • Mathematics

Readers

  • Combustion science or combustion engineering.
  • Organic Chemistry
  • Thermal Physics or Thermal Science.