Fast Reactions of Aluminum - A Literature Review

Abstract

A review has been conducted of the report and journal literature on reactions of aluminum with water and with detonation product gases from organic high explosives. Explosions which occur when molten aluminum is dropped into liquid water are caused by rapid vaporization of water and not by chemical reaction. Stoichiometric mixtures of aluminum and water can detonate if initiated by a sufficient size explosive booster. Mixtures of aluminum and oxygen can be detonated and aluminum should increase the detonation velocity of explosive mixtures containing excess oxygen. Heats of detonation have been measured calorimetrically and the gaseous products have been contained and analysed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 21, 1977
Accession Number
ADA057215

Entities

People

  • Alexander G. Rozner
  • James R. Holden

Organizations

  • Naval Ordnance Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aluminum Oxides
  • Burning Rate
  • Chemical Compounds
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Chemical Synthesis
  • Chemistry
  • Combustion
  • Explosions
  • Explosives
  • Heat Transfer
  • High Explosives
  • Ignition
  • Material Degradation Processes
  • Materials Science
  • Materials Testing
  • Metal Oxides
  • Thermodynamics

Readers

  • Explosive Engineering.
  • Molecular Photonics/Laser Physics
  • Powder metallurgy of Titanium alloys.