Acceleration ability of high explosives and their mixtures with fuel additives. 2. Activated and ultrafine aluminum powders

The acceleration ability of high explosives containing additives of activated and ultrafine aluminum was considered. It was demonstrated that different methods of activation of Al oxidation that make it possible to increase the rate of this process in air severalfold produce little or no effect on the acceleration ability of aluminized high explosives. The basic features of the behavior of Al in detonation waves that explain the results are formulated.