Analysis for Decomposition Characteristics and Piecewise Thermokinetics of Nitramine Modified Double‐base Propellant with High Solid Content

Abstract

AbstractThe thermal stability and decomposition characteristic of nitramine modified double‐base propellant (RDX‐CMDB propellant) with high solid content and its components were investigated under dynamic and isothermal conditions by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). It was found that the mixture of nitrocellulose (NC) and nitroglycerin (NG) had a promote effect on the decomposition of RDX. The activation energy (E) and the pre‐exponential factor (A) of two obviously exothermic processes were obtained by Friedman iso‐conversional method. The screening method suggested by ICTAC was used to determine the most probable mechanism functions and kinetic parameters of the two processes which are corresponding to the deceleration model and the autocatalytic model. The theoretical value was consistent with the experiment result.