Determination of the Onset of Mechanical Destruction of Silver Azide Crystals Initiated by a Laser Pulse

Vadim. G. Kriger, Alexander. V. Kalenskii, Alexander A. Zvekov, Marina V. Anan'eva, Elena A. Grishaeva, Igor U. Zykov

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DOI: 10.4236/wjm.2011.14026                

Abstract

The onset of the silver azide simple destruction was experimentally determined. Three independent methods were used—comparative investigation of the explosive luminescence from all the experimental area and from the laser action area, investigation of conductivity and acoustic system response. It was shown that the simple destruction and the products emission begins in 20 ÷ 50 nsec after the initiation pulse peak.

Keywords

Azide Silver, Explosion Decomposition, Onset of Mechanical Destruction, Luminescence Kinetics

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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