On safety limits in testing explosives under high-temperature heatings

On the basis of experimental data obtained by various methods under high-te mperature heating, it is shown that the probability of ignition and detonat ion of explosives is a function of the degree of their decomposition. The t emperature of transition from slow chemical decomposition to autocatalysis is taken as a criterion of heating safety. The degree of decomposition corr esponding to this temperature is the base point for the determination of th e safety limit for each specific explosive based on known kinetic parameter s.