Pressure characteristics and safety performance of TKX-50 decomposition in confined space

Junfeng Wang, Shusen Chen, Shaohua Jin, Hu Niu, Minglei Chen, Kun Chen*

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Abstract

The pressure characteristics and safety performance of dihydroxylammonium 5,5ʹ-bistetrazole-1,1ʹ-diolate (TKX-50) decomposition were studied in confined space by using the accelerating rate calorimeter (ARC). The effects of the heating rate and the sample amount on the safety performance were investigated. The experiment results revealed that high heating rate was harmful to the safety performance of TKX-50. The decomposition mechanism did not change when using different amounts of sample in the range between 47.5 and 72.5 mg. After ignition, TKX-50 exhibited better safe performance than RDX and HMX.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1-11
Number of pages11
JournalJournal of Energetic Materials
Volume37
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2 Jan 2019

Keywords

  • 1ʹ-diolatepressure
  • 5ʹ-bistetrazole-1
  • confined space
  • dihydroxylammonium 5
  • safety performance

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