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Science and Technology of Energetic Materials

Vol.64, No.4 (2003)

Research paper

Detonation properties of fireworks by the revised Kihara-Hikita equation of state(*in Japanese)
Katsumi Tanaka
p.167-174

Abstract

Theoretical detonation properties of fireworks require thermodynamic properties and equation of state constants under high pressure for many gaseous species composed of five or more elements. Computational results are given for black powders and several report charges, composed of potassium perchlorate or potassium chlorate as oxidizer and aluminum, sulfur or titanium as fuel, using the revised Kihara-Hikita equation of state, KHT, which represents rigid sphere model under a high pressure and ideal gas to a lower pressure. Major products of report charges are KCl, K2Cl2, K, KOH, Al2O, AlO, Al,Al2, K2SO4 and liquid Al2O3(L). Those of KHT constants are derived empirically from BKWS library by Hobbs in CHEETAH code. Computational results that predicted detonation velocities are nearly 2000 m·s-1 with detonation temperature of 5000 K or higher. Calculated detonation velocities higher than experimental observations suggest nonideal nature for explosive mixtures containing nitrate salts. Numerical results of properties of underwater explosions and blast waves using C-J isentrope by KHT reproduce experimental results well. Experimental energies of underwater explosions , however, are nearly twice of hydrodynamic computations which indicates extremely high blast effect of report charges.

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