Hmx Polymorphism: Virtual Melting Growth Mechanism, Cluster-to-cluster Nucleation Mechanism and Physically Based Kinetics

نویسندگان

  • Valery I. Levitas
  • Laura B. Smilowitz
  • Bryan F. Henson
  • Blaine W. Asay
چکیده

A fully physically-based thermodynamic and kinetic model of the β ↔ δ phase transformation in energetic crystal HMX crystal embedded in polymeric binder is developed. It is based on a new nucleation mechanism via melt mediated nano-cluster transformation and the recently formulated growth mechanism via internal stress-induced virtual melting. During the nucleation, nano-sized clusters of β phase dissolve in a molten binder and transform diffusionally into δ phase clusters. During the interface propagation, internal stresses induced by transformation strain cause the melting of the stressed δ phase much below (120K) the melting temperature and its immediate resolidification into the unstressed δ phase. These mechanisms explain numerous puzzles of HMX polymorphism and result in local and overall transformation kinetics that are in good agreement with experiments.

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تاریخ انتشار 2010