Effect of thermal and chemical treatment on the structure and composition of nanodiamonds

The effect of chemical and thermal treatment on structural characteristics and chemical composition of detonation synthesis ultradispersed diamonds (UDDs) was studied. UDDs of five different producers were compared. Special attention was paid to structural characteristics of samples (size of coherent scattering regions, aggregation), which were determined by SEM, AFM, and X-ray diffraction methods. Impurities were analyzed by methods of mass spectrometry, atomic and absorption analysis, and X-ray spectral analysis.     

Detonation diamonds in Ukraine

Some information on the history of dynamic synthesis of diamond in Ukraine is considered. Basic characteristics of ASM5 0.1/0 and ASM1 0.1/0 nanodiamond powders produced by static synthesis are described. The characteristics and surface properties of nanodiamond powders produced by detonation synthesis in Ukraine are presented. It is shown that the chemical activity of the particle surface can be controlled. Applications of nanopowders produced by detonation synthesis in various technologies are considered.     

Thermal purification of detonation diamond

Detonation ultradispersed diamonds (UDDs) of different types were comparatively studied by thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) and Raman scattering (RS). The TGA method was used to determine temperature regions corresponding to oxidation of different carbon forms contained by UDD powder. In particular, it was found that heating in air at temperatures above 550°C results in oxidation and removal of nondiamond carbon, while the diamond fraction is retained. The shape of diamond lines in RS spectra of different UDDs oxidized at 550°C showed good agreement with the phonon confinement model. A comparison of the experimental data and theoretical calculations for the RS line shape allowed the determination of crystalline grain sizes in UDDs of different types. The values obtained correspond to the data of manufacturers of nanodiamond powders under study.     

Compaction of nanodiamonds produced under detonation conditions and properties of composite and polycrystalline materials made on their basis

It is believed that materials based on ultrafine (nanoscale) diamond powders can possess high-level physical-mechanical and performance parameters characteristic of a nanocrystalline state. In certain cases, however, conventional methods for compacting ultrafine-dispersed diamonds (UDDs) fail and cannot be used to fabricate materials with desired properties. The difficulties associated with the ultrafine-dispersed state of the initial diamond powders can be surmounted by modifying the chemical and phase composition of the UDD surface. The possible use of UDDs as a catalyst that is conductive to the occurrence of chemical and phase transformations in certain substances at high pressures is analyzed. Sintering UDDs in the region of metastability of diamond makes it possible to produce porous polycrystalline aggregates with large specific surface area and very hard transparent particles.     

Nanopolishing of silicon wafers using ultrafine-dispersed diamonds

In the present study, two new methods are proposed for the polishing of silicon wafers using ultrafine-dispersed diamonds (UDDs). The first proposed polishing method uses a polishing tool with an ultrafine abrasive material made through the electrophoretic deposition of UDDs onto a brass rod. Dry polishing tests showed that the surface roughness of the silicon wafer was reduced from R_a=107 to 4 nm after polishing for 30 min. The second method uses a new polishing pad with self-generating porosity. By polishing with the new pad in combination with the polycrystalline UDD in a water suspension, it is possible to achieve the specified surface roughness of the silicon wafer much faster than when using a conventional pad made of foamed polyurethane. The tests showed that the surface roughness of the silicon wafer was reduced from R_a=107 to 2 nm after polishing for 90 min.     

Physical-mechanical properties of nanocrystalline materials based on ultrafine-dispersed diamonds

The physical-mechanical properties of polycrystals produced on the basis of ultrafine-dispersed diamonds (UDDs) at high static pressures with the use of thermal treatment in vacuum are investigated. The properties of the polycrystals are shown to depend on the sintering conditions and sintering technique, as well as on the modification of the starting powders. With the addition of metals (Co, Ti) to UDD powders, the mechanical strength of compacts increases, their structure improves, and their parameters can be optimized at lower thermobaric treatment temperatures. By studying the products of thermal treatment of UDDs in vacuum, it is established that the compacts and individual particles that form during thermal treatment differ significantly in microhardness.     

Selective inhibition of the oxidation of nanodiamonds for their cleaning

The effect of selective inhibition of nanodiamond oxidation upon heating of detonation carbon in air is used to extract nanodiamonds from the detonation products. The methods for cleaning nanodiamonds from nondiamond carbon modifications are described depending on the synthesis conditions.     

An experimental investigation of the onset of detonation

An experimental configuration is devised in the present investigation whereby the condition at the final phase of the deflagration to detonation transition (DDT) process can be generated reproducibly by reflecting a CJ detonation from a perforated plate. The detonation products are transmitted downstream through the plate, generating a turbulent reaction front that mixes with the unburned mixture and that drives a precursor shock ahead of it at a strength of about M = 3. The gasdynamic condition that is generated downstream of the perforated plate closely corresponds to that just prior to the onset of detonation in the DDT process. The turbulence parameters can be controlled by varying the geometry of the perforated plate; thus, the condition leading to the onset of detonation can be experimentally investigated. A one-dimensional theoretical analysis of the steady wave processes was first performed, and the experimental results show good agreement, indicating that the present experimental condition can be theoretically described. Two different detonation tube geometries (one with a square cross-section of 300 mm by 300 mm and the other with a circular cross-section of 150 mm) are used to demonstrate the independence of the tube diameter at the critical condition for DDT. Perforated plates with different hole diameters (d = 8, 15, and 25 mm) were tested, and the hole spacing to hole diameter ratio was maintained at 0.5. Different hydrogen–air mixtures were tested at normal temperature and pressure. For the plate with 8 mm holes, the onset of detonation is never observed. For the plate with 15 mm holes, successful initiation of a detonation is achieved for 0.8 < < 1.75 in both detonation tubes. For the plate with 25 mm holes, detonation initiation is observed for 0.7 < < 2.1 in the square detonation tube and for 0.8 < < 1.6 in the smaller circular detonation tube.     

Sensitivities of ionic explosives

ABSTRACT

We have investigated the relevance for ionic explosive sensitivity of three factors that have been demonstrated to be related to the sensitivities of molecular explosives. These are (1) the maximum available heat of detonation, (2) the amount of free space per molecule (or per formula unit) in the crystal lattice and (3) specific features of the electrostatic potential on the molecular or ionic surface. We find that for ionic explosives, just as for molecular ones, there is an overall tendency for impact sensitivity to increase as the maximum detonation heat release is greater. This means that the usual emphasis upon designing explosives with large heats of detonation needs to be tempered somewhat. We also show that a moderate detonation heat release does not preclude a high level of detonation performance for ionic explosives, as was already demonstrated for molecular ones. Relating the free space per formula unit to sensitivity may require a modified procedure for ionic explosives; this will continue to be investigated. Finally, an encouraging start has been made in linking impact sensitivities to the electrostatic potentials on ionic surfaces, although limited so far to ammonium salts.     

Problems in initiating detonation of disruptive explosives by a high-intensity electron beam

Experiments on initiating detonation in disruptive explosives by a nanosecond high-intensity electron beam are considered. It is shown using elementary computational estimates that the critical conditions for initiating detonation in a disruptive explosive are not satisfied for the beam parameters described here. The results of experiments on the action of a pulsed electron beam on paraffin and wax model samples are considered. It is shown that the main factor acting on the samples is the cathode plasma torch.     

Influence of the Fluid on the Parameters and Limits of Bubble Detonation

The compression and inflammation of reactive gas bubbles in bubble detonation waves have been studied, and the considerable influence of the fluid (liquid or vapor) on the detonation parameters has been found. It has been shown numerically that the final values of the pressure and temperature significantly decrease if the temperature dependence of the adiabatic index is taken into account at the compression stage. The parameters of reactive gas combustion products in the bubble have been calculated in terms of an equilibrium model, and the influence of the fluid that remains in the bubble in the form of microdroplets and vapor on these parameters has been investigated.

     

爆轰产物的冷比内能与冷压的函数表达式

 猛炸药爆轰产物的状态可以用两相的强排斥-平动物态方程（简称为两相的排平物态方程）很好地描述。以爆轰产物分两段的等熵曲线为参考曲线的两相的排平（k, γ）物态方程,已经用于爆轰参数和强爆轰参数的理论估算,所得理论值与实验值符合得很好。为了更方便地估算爆温,有必要给出描述分子间相互作用的比内能项与压力项（分别简称为冷比内能与冷压）。参照描述分子间相互作用的Morse势和Mie势的排斥项,给出了带待定参数A、m、n和l的冷比能项和冷压项,这样的物态方程被称为两相的排平（A, m, n, l）物态方程。用TNT的{D, ρ₀}实验数据组,确定了两相的排平（A, m, n, l）物态方程的参数n=1和l=1/3,因此,可将其简称为两相的排平（A, m）物态方程。它适用于所有的猛炸药的爆轰产物。用硝基甲烷的强爆轰参数{p, D, T}实验数据组对其所做的检验表明,两相的排平（A, m）物态方程是恰当的爆轰产物物态方程。     

基于Mie-Grüneisen状态方程的爆轰波运动数值模拟

依据C-J（Chapman-Jouguet）理论,对爆轰问题中的气态爆轰产物和未反应炸药分别考虑不同的参考状态,并根据参考状态选用特定的Mie-Grüneisen状态方程。忽略化学反应过程,爆轰产物厚度为零的前导激波面以界面的形式存在。数值模拟中,爆轰波的演化分为波面传播以及与未反应介质相互作用两个部分。传播过程中,爆轰波的传播速度即恒定的爆速,爆轰产物在传播过程中瞬间形成,而相互作用过程则是通过Mie-Grüneisen多介质混合模型来计算爆轰波的持续冲击作用。借助于Mie-Grüneisen状态方程以及Mie-Grüneisen多介质混合模型,可以很好地模拟爆轰波的运动过程。对比理论参数及文献的计算结果发现,模拟结果具备较好的准确度。     

Specifics of the detonation of mixtures of powerful high explosives with W and Pb high-density inert additives

Results of experimental and theoretical studies of the unusual detonation properties of mixtures of high explosives (HEs) with high-density inert additives (W and Pb) were analyzed and systematized. Typical examples of the nonideal detonation of composite explosives for which the measured detonation pressure is substantially lower while the detonation velocity is higher than the values calculated within the framework of the hydrodynamic model, with the specific heat ratio for the detonation products being ∼6–8, are presented. Mathematical models capable of qualitatively and quantitatively describing the specificity of the propagation of detonation in HE-W mixtures. Mechanisms of formation of anomalous pressure and mass velocity profiles, which explain why the correlation between the Chapman-Jouguet pressure for HE-W and HE-Pb mixtures, the velocity of the free surface of duralumin target, and the depth of the dent imprinted in steel witness plates, are described.     

Initiation of a detonation wave by resonant laser radiation in a hydrogen-oxygen mixture flowing about a wedge

The formation of an oblique detonation wave in a supersonic hydrogen-oxygen flow about a planar wedge is considered. It is shown that the excitation of the electronic state b ¹Σ _g ⁺ in oxygen molecules by resonant laser radiation with a wavelength of 762 nm makes it possible to initiate detonation combustion at a distance of ≈1 m from the tip of the wedge at low temperatures (500–600 K). Notably, it suffices to irradiate the gas in the narrow (0.5–1.0 cm across) paraxial region of the flow near the tip of the wedge. It is found that the laser-induced excitation of molecular oxygen is several times more efficient than ordinary heating of the mixture to initiate a detonation wave.     

The SURF model and the curvature effect for PBX 9502

SURF is a high explosive burn model based on the ignition & growth concept of hot-spot reaction. For the TATB based explosive PBX 9502, the model has been calibrated to shock-to-detonation transition experiments. To apply the SURF model for propagating detonation waves, the rate has to be extended to a higher pressure regime than is sampled by shock initiation experiments. The experimentally measured curvature effect – detonation speed as a function of front curvature or D _n(κ) – provides the appropriate data for calibrating the propagation regime. The calibration to the curvature effect is based on the ODEs for the reaction zone profile of a detonation wave in conjunction with a shooting algorithm to determine the rate model parameters, for a given κ, needed to obtain a specified detonation speed. A complication for calibrating PBX 9502 rate models arises from the kink in the experimentally measured D _n(κ) curve. This results from the fast and slow reactions that TATB exhibits. To account for this, we use an extension of the SURF model that utilises a sequence of two reactions. The first, with a fast rate, is due to molecular decomposition and is described by the original SURF formulation. The second, with a slow rate, is due to carbon clustering and is used to contribute additional energy from the formation of carbon bonds. The wave profile equations are generalised to the SURF-plus model. Model parameters are then determined for the propagation regime to fit the curvature effect data. The extended model is applicable to both the shock initiation regime and the propagating detonation wave regime.     

180°圆弧形钝感炸药的爆轰波传播

 采用贴体坐标下与Level Set方法相结合的爆轰冲击波动力学（DSD）计算方法,研究了180°圆弧形钝感炸药中非理想爆轰波的传播过程。通过数值模拟计算和实验测量的对比分析,得到了180°圆弧形炸药中爆轰波传播的一些规律：圆弧形钝感炸药可以实现定常爆轰,即在极坐标中整个爆轰波以固定角速度转动。这种定常阵面的形状和角速度与圆弧的外半径无关,定常体系依赖于圆弧形炸药的内半径和覆盖圆弧的外壳物质。对描述圆弧形炸药中爆轰波传播规律的经验公式进行了研究,结果表明这些经验公式能够准确描述爆轰波速度的变化,在实验测量和预估方面具有一定的参考价值。     

Nonlinear dynamics and chaos analysis of one-dimensional pulsating detonations

To understand the nonlinear dynamical behaviour of a one-dimensional pulsating detonation, results obtained from numerical simulations of the Euler equations with simple one-step Arrhenius kinetics are analysed using basic nonlinear dynamics and chaos theory. To illustrate the transition pattern from a simple harmonic limit-cycle to a more complex irregular oscillation, a bifurcation diagram is constructed from the computational results. Evidence suggests that the route to higher instability modes may follow closely the Feigenbaum scenario of a period-doubling cascade observed in many generic nonlinear systems. Analysis of the one-dimensional pulsating detonation shows that the Feigenbaum number, defined as the ratio of intervals between successive bifurcations, appears to be in reasonable agreement with the universal value of d = 4.669. Using the concept of the largest Lyapunov exponent, the existence of chaos in a one-dimensional unsteady detonation is demonstrated.     

Transverse wave generation mechanism in rotating detonation

Detonation engines are expected to be included in a number of aerospace thrusters in the future. Several types of detonation engines are currently under examination, including the rotating detonation engine (RDE). Although the RDE has been explored experimentally, its rotating detonation propagation mechanism is not well understood. This paper clarifies the detonation mechanism and dynamics of the RDE by 2D and 3D simulation using compressible Euler equations with a full chemical reaction mechanism of H₂/O₂ and H₂/Air, especially from the triple-point and transverse detonation points of view. A total variation diminishing (TVD) scheme is used for the mixture of H₂/Air, and an advection upwind splitting method difference vector (AUSMDV) scheme is used for the mixture of H₂/O₂. The use of an AUSMDV scheme provides a much clearer detonation structure than does the TVD scheme. We focus on the complex interaction mechanism of the detonation front and burned mixture gases. We found out that at this interaction point, an unreacted gas pocket appears and ignites periodically to generate transverse waves at the detonation front and maintain detonation propagation.     

Phase transition rate of anatase during detonation synthesis of TiO2

TiO₂ powders were synthesized by two types of mixed explosives in a sealed reaction kettle. The phase and morphology of TiO₂ powders were obtained by X-ray diffractometry and transmission electron microscopy. Results indicate that powders obtained from metatitanic acid contained mixed explosive are mixed crystal of anatase and rutile. The phase transition rate of anatase increases from 22.9% to 93.3% with the rise of mass ratio of hexogen, and the grain size also enlarges gradually. The powder obtained from anatase contained mixed explosive is rutile, and the phase transition rate of anatase is 100%. Compared with that before detonation, the grain size of anatase after detonation significantly changes, from nanoscale to micronscale. Based on the calculation of detonation parameters, the phase transition process and grain growth during the synthesis of TiO₂ by means of detonation method are analyzed, and the nucleating collision–growth model is proposed.