On the calculated detonation parameters of some oxygen-free explosives

摘要

In recent years, a large number of articles have appeared on the synthesis of new explosives that do not contain oxygen. The heat of the explosion in them is realized not due to the oxidation of carbon and hydrogen by oxygen, as in conventional explosives like TNT or RDX, but due to the high positive enthalpy of formation of the explosive itself. For these explosives, only calculated values of detonation parameters are given, which are at the level of known powerful explosives, or even surpass them. In our opinion, these estimates are greatly overestimated. Our estimates (both using the BKW equation of state and different correlation methods) show significantly lower values of detonation parameters. The analysis of the probable causes of the overestimation of the calculated values of detonation parameters is discussed in this article.