Determining the width of the reaction wave front in the explosive decomposition of silver azide

Abstract

A procedure was developed and used to determine the width of the reaction wave in the explosive decomposition of single crystal whiskers ( υ = 1.2 ± 0.2 km/s and l = 230 ± 30 µm) and a pressed powder ( υ = 4.0 ± 0.4 km/s and l = 110 ± 10 µm) of silver azide. It is shown that in the mode of reaction propagation at a rate of 1.2 ± 0.2 km/s, the decomposition wave is almost symmetric, in contrast to the detonation wave.