MECHANISM OF CARBON RELEASE DURING DETONATION DECOMPOSITION OF SUBSTANCES

On the basis of data obtained by the method of 'labelled' atoms it is assumed that in strong shock and detonation waves the initial decompos ition stages of a condensed substance containing carbon and hydrogen o ccur primarily with the release of carbon in the diamond phase and met hane. Then there is oxidation of methane hydrogen and the release of c arbon in a nondiamond phase. The distribution of an isotope label for the condensed products of TH and TO in known experiments is explained on the basis of a hypothesis of complete mixing of the components of f ine-grained explosive in the chemical reaction zone.