A Predictive Method for the Heat of Explosion of Non-ideal Aluminized Explosives

The heat of explosion is one of the most important thermodynamic parameters of aluminized explosives. Two improvements in numerical calculations to predict the behaviour of the explosion of non-ideal aluminized explosives were completed in this work. The chemical reaction between aluminum and the C-J detonation products of high energy ingredients was determined and the equation of state for the detonation products of high energy ingredients was revised. The constant k in the BKW equation was revised to obtain perfect results for predicting the C-J parameters for high energy ingredients. The predicted results show that the heats and temperatures of aluminized explosives become maximized when the mass fraction of aluminum powder is 30%, which is in good agreement with the results obtained by empirical formulae.