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Journal of Physical Chemistry A, Vol.104, No.29, 6894-6898, 2000
Experimental and predicted detonation parameters for liquid-phase H2O2/H2O mixtures
We report the measured failure diameter and a detonation speed for the liquid explosive mixture 90.5/9.5 wt % H2O2/H2O confined in thick seamless 304 stainless steel tubing and Fired at ca. 30 degrees C. The detonation speed datum and knowledge of the diameter effect curves of other liquid explosives are used to estimate the infinite-medium (i.e., planewave) detonation speed of this material. Ambient condition sound speed measurements and the universal liquid Hugoniot form are used to obtain the unreacted Hugoniot of the 90.5/9.5 wt % H2O2/H2O mixture. This Hugoniot and the Rayleigh line obtained From the estimated infinite-medium detonation wave speed are used to predict the von Neumann spike pressure of the material. Estimates of the fully reacted (i.e., products) Hugoniot, the Chapman-Jouguet (CJ) detonation pressure, and CJ detonation speed for other H2O2/H2O mixtures are obtained using the CHEETAH equilibrium thermochemical code. Predictions of the infinite-medium detonation speed and the von Neumann spike and CJ pressures of 85.0/15.0, 90.0/10.0, 92.5/7.5, 95.0/5.0, 7.5/2.5, and 100.0/0.0 wt % H2O2/H2O mixtures are also obtained. A general analytical expression is given for the primary shock Hugoniot of any H2O2/H2O mixture at 22.6 degrees C.