Relationship between electric spark sensitivity and activation energy of the thermal decomposition of nitramines for safety measures in industrial processes
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- 作者：Mohammad Hossein Keshavarz ; Narges Zohari ; Seyed Abolfazl Seyedsadjadi
- 关键词：Electrostatic sensitivity ; Nitramine ; Activation energy of thermolysis ; Safety
- 刊名：Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries
- 出版年：November, 2013
- 年：2013
- 卷：26
- 期：6
- 页码：1452-1456
- 全文大小：274 K
文摘
This study presents a new simple correlation between electric spark sensitivity of nitramines and their activation energies of thermolysis, which are important for safety measures in industrial processes. The new correlation can help to elucidate the mechanism of initiation of energetic materials by electric spark. It can be used to predict the magnitude of electric spark sensitivity of new nitramines, which is difficult to measure. The methodology assumes that electric spark sensitivity of a nitramine with general formula CaHbNcOd can be expressed as a function of its activation energy of thermal decomposition as well as optimized elemental composition and the contribution of specific molecular structural parameters. The new correlation has the root mean square and the average deviations of 1.37 and 1.09聽J, respectively, for 21 nitramines with different molecular structures. The proposed new method is also tested for 16 nitramines so that there is no experimental data of electrostatic sensitivity for them.