Thermal characteristics of mixtures of cyclonite and nitroglycerine or diazidonitrazapentane

The thermal characteristics of mixtures of cyclonite (RDX) and nitroglycerine (NG) and of RDX and diazidonitrazapentane (DIANP) were studied. The thermal decomposition processes of NG and RDX are not synchronous with those of RDX/NG mixtures. The DSC curves show two obviously exothermic peaks, one at 203°C for NG and other at 240°C for RDX. However, there is only a single exothermic peak in the DSC curves of RDX/DIANP mixtures within certain ratio limits, due to the coincidence of the exothermic decomposition peaks for both RDX and DIANP and their mutual dissolution. The effects of the different thermal characteristics of different explosives on the combustion performance are also discussed.