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Studying RDX and HMX combustion mechanisms by various experimental techniques

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Application of a microthermocouple technique is justified; results on physics of combustion of condensed explosives, in particular, RDX and HMX, obtained by this technique are briefly described. The possibilities of mass-spectrometer (including gas sampling) and optical techniques of studying the chemistry of gas-phase processes in the combustion wave are analyzed with RDX and HMX used as examples. The measured results are briefly discussed. Constrains of the techniques are indicated. A method of refining the chemistry of combustion-wave processes is proposed.

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Translated from Fizika Goreniya i Vzryva, Vol. 45, No. 5, pp. 60–81, September–October, 2009. Original article submitted September 14, 2007; revision submitted March 27, 2009.

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Zenin, A.A., Finjakov, S.V. Studying RDX and HMX combustion mechanisms by various experimental techniques. Combust Explos Shock Waves 45, 559–578 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10573-009-0068-7

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