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This paper generalizes the experimental data of the authors on the production and properties of thin-layer nanostructured explosives obtained by thermal vacuum sublimation. The method involves sublimation of explosive under heating in high vacuum, followed by deposition (condensation) of the explosive vapor on the substrate. Under these conditions, it has been shown that nanostructured polycrystalline layers of explosives containing a large number of micro-defects (pores and dislocations) are formed. In the explosive transformation in the deposited explosive layer, nano- and submicron-sized defects of the structure act as hot spots. The result is a significant reduction in the critical detonation dimensions. The nanostructured explosives studied by the authors are able to detonate at a layer thickness of 20–100 µm. Furthermore, their detonation velocity is substantially less dependent on the layer thickness than that of charges of the same explosives made by traditional technologies. Nanostructured explosives can also be used as components of explosive compositions with improved detonability.
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Original Russian Text © D.V. Mil’chenko, V.A. Gubachev, L.A. Andreevskikh, S.A. Vakhmistrov, A.L. Mikhailov, V.A. Burnashov, E.V. Khaldeev, A.I. Pyatoikina, S.S. Zhuravlev, V.N. German.
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Translated from Fizika Goreniya i Vzryva, Vol. 51, No. 1, pp. 96–101, January–February, 2015.
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Mil’chenko, D.V., Gubachev, V.A., Andreevskikh, L.A. et al. Nanostructured explosives produced by vapor deposition: Structure and explosive properties. Combust Explos Shock Waves 51, 80–85 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0010508215010086
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