Research Article

Effect of Nano-Magnesium Hydride on the Thermal Decomposition Behaviors of RDX

Table 1

Data of DSC analyses on RDX and RDX/MgH2 mixture.

Sample /mgMelting processDecomposition process
/°C /°C /°CΔ /J g−1

RDX11.07203.00225.862179.06
21.13201.88232.222619.00
41.15201.79232.41239.761763.61
80.94198.95242.722558.51

RDX + 10 wt% MgH211.14200.94223.224027.00
21.07202.29231.922512.24
41.03203.05234.26240.652048.55
81.20198.60244.412045.80

Where β means the heating rate, the subscripts 1 and 2 are for the first peak and the second peaks respectively, is the initial decomposing temperature, and is the peak temperature. is the heat release in decomposition process.