A NUMERICAL-METHOD OF COMPUTING THE KINETIC-PARAMETERS - EXOTHERMIC DECOMPOSITION OF ENERGETIC MATERIALS VIA THE EXOTHERMIC RATE-EQUATION

A numerical method of computing the kinetic parameters (the activation energy (E), the preexponential constant (A) and the reaction order (n )) of exothermic decomposition of energetic materials via the exotherm ic rate equation is presented. The values of E, A and n are reported f or the exothermic decomposition of six typical energetic materials, 1, 6-diazido-2,5-dinitrazahexane (I), 1,5-diazido-3-nitrazapentane (II), 2,2,4,7,9,9-hexanitro-5-methyl-4,7-dinitrazadecane (III), 2,2,2-trinit roethyl-4,4,4-trinitrobutyrate (IV), 1,4-dinitro-2,3-dioxo-1,4-dinitra zacyclohexane (V) and -trianitro-1,3,5-triazafurazano[3,4-f]cyclohepta ne (VI).