A NUMERICAL-METHOD OF COMPUTING THE KINETIC-PARAMETERS - EXOTHERMIC DECOMPOSITION OF ENERGETIC MATERIALS VIA THE EXOTHERMIC RATE-EQUATION

A numerical method of computing the kinetic parameters (the activation energy (E), the preexponential constant (A) and the reaction order (n)) of exothermic decomposition of energetic materials via the exothermic rate equation is presented. The values of E, A and n are reported for the exothermic decomposition of six typical energetic materials, 1,6-diazido-2,5-dinitrazahexane (I), 1,5-diazido-3-nitrazapentane (II), 2,2,4,7,9,9-hexanitro-5-methyl-4,7-dinitrazadecane (III), 2,2,2-trinitroethyl-4,4,4-trinitrobutyrate (IV), 1,4-dinitro-2,3-dioxo-1,4-dinitrazacyclohexane (V) and 1,3,5-trianitro-1,3,5-triazafurazano[3,4-f]cycloheptane (VI).