Fast Reactions in Energetic Materials

Theory of linear pyrolysis of condensed materials. Methods for the experimental study of linear pyrolysis of condensed material. Study of high-temperature decomposition of the components of a model solid propellant - (ammonium perchlorate and polymethylmethacrylate) by using method based on linear pyrolysis. Study of total heat absorbed at high-temperature linear pyrolysis of polymer materials a applied to combustion in the hybrid rocket engine. Study of kinetics of the initial stages of high-temperature decomposition of homogeneous gunpowders and solid rocket propellants by the method of ignition at the contact with a heat-conducting body. Development of methods for 'mechanical' and 'thermal' dilution in differential thermal analysis (DTA) and thermogravimetry (TGA) of the processes of high-temperature decomposition of condensed materials. Experimental setups for the kinetic studies under linear heating of a furnace. Study of kinetics of high-temperature decomposition of homogeneous materials by enhanced DTA and TGA. High-temperature decomposition of ammonium perchlorate. Kinetics of deep high-temperature decomposition of model and commercial ammonium perchlorate-based solid rocket propellants. Macrokinetics of decomposition and thermal explosion of volatile explosives (theory). High-temperature decomposition and thermal explosion of liquid rocket propellant components - hydrogen peroxide and hydrazine.