Thermal decomposition of energetic materials 58. Chemistry of ammonium nitrate and ammonium dinitramide near the burning surface temperature

Brill, T. B.; Brush, Peter; Patil, D.G.

doi:10.1016/0010-2180(93)90206-i

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“…The extensive literature on the decomposition of AN reveals a surprising variety of representations of the chemistry involved [4][5][6][7]18], with differences between the condensed and molten phases, and showing evidence of autocatalysis in the molten phase; common to virtually all is the phenomenon of competitive processes feeding on the same initial AN resource. Importantly, some are exothermic and some endothermic.…”

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“…In reality, beyond a temperature threshold, the overall decomposition process is exothermic. Here, in the interests of simplicity, we follow Brill et al [4] in assuming just two concurrent competing processes, one endothermic…”

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“…The decomposition/dissociation processes constituting the initial 'burning' of AN, either by itself or in various compounds and mixtures, have been widely studied experimentally and modelled, both numerically and, to a lesser extent, analytically [4][5][6][7]. Despite its importance, the kinetics of AN decomposition has defied consistent experimental evaluation in terms of a single one-step Arrhenius representation.…”

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We use a one-dimensional model to present numerical and analytical results on the propagation of combustion waves, driven by competing exothermic and endothermic chemical reactions in parallel with water evaporation. The research was motivated by the phenomenology of emulsion explosives comprising a mixture of fuel and an ammonium nitrate (AN)-water solution. An extensive programme of computational modelling has covered a range of important physical influences, particularly the water fraction and the ambient pressure, on which the endothermic effect of evaporation is critically dependent. A substantial, and not immediately obvious, influence of the evaporation, through its effect on the temperature, is on the fraction of the AN consumed, respectively, by the competing exo-and endothermic reactions, which are controlled by differing, temperature-sensitive kinetics. Self-sustaining travelling combustion waves are initiated for a wide range of parameter values. They are usually oscillatory, regular for small water content and become highly irregular, sometimes causing extinction for larger water content. The numerics are complemented by a brief theoretical analysis, which throws light on the complex and subtle interplay of the two chemical reactions and the evaporation, expressed in the form of a highly convoluted integral over the whole time and space extent of the process.

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Section: Modelling Approach and Methodologymentioning

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“…[47] N 2ðgÞ þ3H 2 Ammonia production using renewable intermittent energy is technically feasible with current technologies. [48,49] Moreover,v arious ammonia-derived nitrogen-based fuels have been previously suggested, such as:A Na nd AN-based compositions, [50][51][52][53][54][55][56] aqueous hydroxylammonium nitrate, [57,58] ammonium dinitramide, [59][60][61][62] and aqueous AN with ammonium hydroxide or urea. [14] While the methanol economy addresses both the energy and the broad chemical sectors, [63,64] …”

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Nitrogen‐Based Fuels: A Power‐to‐Fuel‐to‐Power Analysis

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Elishav

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Angew Chem Int Ed

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“…The NO 2 − /NO 3 − ratio decreased to 0.37 after 7 days, indicating that NO 2 − might have been photo-oxidized to NO 3 − . 19 In an earlier study involving photolysis of the nitramine RDX, (NO 2 −NCH 2 ) 3 ,we found that NO 2 − formed from the photocleavage of N−NO 2 can be photooxidized to NO 3 − . 20 Earlier, Mill et al 13 investigated the hydrolytic stability of ammonium dinitramide in water and found the salt to be stable in the dark at 25°C.…”

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Joint Photomicrobial Process for the Degradation of the Insensitive Munition N-Guanylurea-dinitramide (FOX-12)

Perreault

Halasz

Thiboutot

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Environ. Sci. Technol.

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Thermal decomposition of energetic materials 58. Chemistry of ammonium nitrate and ammonium dinitramide near the burning surface temperature

Cited by 164 publications

References 17 publications

Initiation and propagation of combustion waves with competitive reactions and water evaporation

Initiation and propagation of combustion waves with competitive reactions and water evaporation

Nitrogen‐Based Fuels: A Power‐to‐Fuel‐to‐Power Analysis

Joint Photomicrobial Process for the Degradation of the Insensitive Munition N-Guanylurea-dinitramide (FOX-12)

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