Detonation characteristics of diluted liquid explosives: Mixtures of tetranitromethane with methanol

Studies of the nature and mechanism of the concentration limit of detonation propagation in dilution of liquid explosives by non-explosive liquids are continued. The impact of dilution of tetranitromethane by methanol on the process of detonation was studied in a wide range of diluent concentrations. Experiments on the ignition of mixtures in steel tubes of various diameter were perfomed to obtain Data on the critical (limiting) diameters. The results obtained were compared with those from previous studies of mixtures of nitromethane with methanol and nitrobenzene. Differences caused by the chemical interaction of tetranitromethane as an active oxidizer with methanol as a fuel component are considered.