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R. Meyer J. Köhler A. Homburg Explosives

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Partial Heat of Explosion<br />

Partial Heat of Explosion<br />

partielle Explosionswärme;<br />

chaleur partielle d’explosion<br />

A. Schmidt proposed a simplified way of estimating the probable heat<br />

of explosion of a propellant. In this method, a “partial heat of explosion”<br />

is assigned to each component of the powder. Materials with high<br />

negative oxygen balances (e.g., stabilizers and gelatinizers) are assigned<br />

negative values for the partial heat of explosion. The explosion<br />

heat of the propellant is calculated by the addition of the partial values<br />

weighted in proportion to the respective percentage of the individual<br />

components.<br />

A number of such values have been tabulated. The value for trinitroglycerine<br />

is higher than its heat of explosion, since the excess<br />

oxygen reacts with the carbon of the other components.<br />

Table 16. Values for the partial heat of explosion<br />

Component Partial<br />

Heat of<br />

Explosion<br />

kcal/kg kJ/kg<br />

Akardite I –2283 –9559<br />

Akardite II –2300 –9630<br />

Akardite III –2378 –9957<br />

ammonium nitrate +1450 +6071<br />

barium nitrate +1139 +4769<br />

barium sulfate + 132 + 553<br />

butanetriol trinitrate (BTN) +1400 +5862<br />

camphor –2673 –11192<br />

Candelilla wax –3000 –12561<br />

carbon black –3330 –13942<br />

Centralite I –2381 –9969<br />

Centralite II –2299 –9626<br />

Centralite III –2367 –9911<br />

cupric salicylate –1300 –5443<br />

basic cupric salicylate – 900 –3768<br />

diamyl phthalate (DAP) –2187 –9157<br />

dibutyl phthalate (DBP) –2071 –8671<br />

dibutyl tartrate (DBT) –1523 –6377<br />

dibutyl sebacate (DBS) –2395 –10028<br />

diethyleneglycol dinitrate +1030 +4313<br />

(DGN, DEGN)<br />

dioxyenitramine dinitrate +1340 +5610<br />

(DINA)<br />

diethyl phthalate (DEP) –1760 –7369<br />

diethyl sebacate (DES) –2260 –9463<br />

diisobutyl adipate (DIBA) –2068 –8658<br />

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