STUDY ON DETONATION PROPERTIES OF ISOPROPYL NITRATE-AIR MIXTURE

摘要

In this paper, the experiments were carried out in a vertical shock tube, by which the detonation limit, critical initiation energy, detonation pressures and detonation velocities of isopropyl nitrate (IPN)-air mixture were determined. Meanwhile detonation parameters were calculated theoretically, which were in good agreement with experimental ones. Experimental results showed that a "U" shape curve existed between the critical initiation energy and IPN fuel equivalence ratio. We hope that the investigation will be of some interests to the prevention of IPN accidents and its military applications.