List of Figures
Fig. 1.1
Chemical structure diagrams for common molecular energetic
compounds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2
Fig. 1.2
Molecular structure of new insensitive EMs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3
Fig. 1.3
Schematic representation of the structure of a detonation front
in an energetic material. Unreacted material has pressure of p 0 ,
and the shock front is exposed to a pressure, p 1 . The ChapmanJouguet plane is indicated as R CJ . Figure adapted from
Ref. [4] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
4
Fig. 1.4
Stages of an explosion in an energetic material . . . . . . . . . . . . .
5
Fig. 1.5
Classification of energetic materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
6
Fig. 1.6
Progress of an explosion in a high explosive material.
Reproduced from Ref. [21], https://doi.org/10.1051/jp4:
1995439. Copyright 1995 EDP Sciences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Fig. 1.7
Time dependent vibrational quasi-temperatures for the phonon
bath (h p ), bulk vibrational manifold (h v ) and defect sites (h d ).
Figure adapted from Ref. [36], https://doi.org/10.1063/1.
457838. Copyright 1990 AIP Publishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Fig. 1.8
Correlation of impact sensitivity against OB 100 for a series of
polynitroaromiatic compounds. Closed circles are molecules
with a-CH linkage (e.g. 2,4,6-trinitrobenzaldehyde, #1), and
open circles do not (e.g. picric acid, #2). Figure adapted from
Ref. [63], https://doi.org/10.1002/prep.19790040204.
Copyright 2004 John Wiley and Sons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Fig. 1.9
Comparison of impact drop energy (E dr ) against
15 N NMR
chemical shifts of the aza nitrogen atoms to which –NO 2
groups are attached. These are chosen as they are believed to
be involved in the initial step of initiation. Figure from
Ref. [67]. Copyright 2014 Łukasiewicz Research
Network—Institute of Industrial Organic Chemistry . . . . . . . . . . 15
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