Preliminary discussion on the ignition mechanism of exploding foil initiators igniting boron potassium nitrate

Exploding foil initiator(EFI)is a kind of advanced device for initiating explosives,but its function is unstable when it comes to directly igniting pyrotechnics.To solve the problem,this research aims to reveal the ignition mechanism of EFIs directly igniting pyrotechnics.An oscilloscope,a photon Doppler velocimetry,and a plasma spectrum measurement system were employed to obtain information of electric characteristics,impact pressure,and plasma temperature.The results of the electric characteristics and the impact pressure were inconsistent with ignition results.The only thing that the ignition success tests had in common was that their plasma all had a relatively long period of high-temperature duration(HTD).It eventually concludes that the ignition mechanism in this research is the microconvection heat transfer rather than the shock initiation,which differs from that of exploding foil initiators detonating explosives.Furthermore,the methods for evaluating the ignition success of semiconductor bridge initiators are not entirely applicable to the tests mentioned in this paper.The HTD is the critical parameter for judging the ignition success,and it is influenced by two factors:the late time discharge and the energy of the electric explosion.The longer time of the late time discharge and the more energy of the electric explosion,the easier it is to expand the HTD,which improves the probability of the ignition success.

Microfluidic preparation of surfactant-free ultrafine DAAF with tunable particle size for insensitive initiator explosives

High purity and ultrafine DAAF(u-DAAF)is an emerging insensitive charge in initiators.Although there are many ways to obtain u-DAAF,developing a preparation method with stable operation,accurate control,good quality consistency,equipment miniaturization,and minimum manpower is an inevitable requirement to adapt to the current social technology development trend.Here reported is the microfluidic preparation of u-DAAF with tunable particle size by a passive swirling microreactor.Under the guidance of recrystallization growth kinetics and mixing behavior of fluids in the swirling microreactor,the key parameters(liquid flow rate,explosive concentration and crystallization temperature)were screened and optimized through screening experiments.Under the condition that no surfactant is added and only experimental parameters are controlled,the particle size of recrystallized DAAF can be adjusted from 98 nm to 785 nm,and the corresponding specific surface area is 8.45 m^(2)·g^(-1)to 1.33 m^(2)·g^(-1).In addition,the preparation method has good batch stability,high yield(90.8%-92.6%)and high purity(99.0%-99.4%),indicating a high practical application potential.Electric explosion derived flyer initiation tests demonstrate that the u-DAAF shows an initiation sensitivity much lower than that of the raw DAAF,and comparable to that of the refined DAAF by conventional spraying crystallization method.This study provides an efficient method to fabricate u-DAAF with narrow particle size distribution and high reproducibility as well as a theoretical reference for fabrication of other ultrafine explosives.

Influence of Water-soluble Azo Initiators on Cationic Latex particles

Batch cationic emulsion polymerization was carried out with styrene(St)and butyl acrylate(BA)as non-ionic monomer,Cetyl trimethyl ammonium chloride(CTAC)as emulsifier,and Azobis isobutyl amidine hydrochloride(AIBA)or Azo diisopropyl imidazoline hydrochloride(AIBI)as initiator.The effects of amount and molecule structure of initiators on latex particle size,PDI and particle morphology were analyzed.Results showed that higher initiator amount resulted in smaller particle size and higher PDI.Besides,smaller particle size were obtained when AIBI was used as initiator.

iSCSI Initiator的实现概要

iSCSI已成为SAN中重要的协议。文中分析了iSCSIInitiator在操作系统中的层次框架 ,并简述了一种实现方案。

Initiator——保守的核心启动子元件

真核生物中蛋白质编码基因的核心启动子元件有4类:传统的TATA盒、上游核心启动子元件BRE、下游启动子元件DPE和起始子(initiator,Inr)。Initiator元件指的是一段富含嘧啶的序列——PyPyA+1NT/ApyPy,转录起始点位于其中的+1位。研究表明它被多种转录因子识别和结合,包括TAFⅡ250、TAFⅡ150、TFⅡ-Ⅰ、YY1和RNA聚合酶Ⅱ等,反映出initiator调控的复杂性。Initiator多存在于人类的管家基因、癌基因、生长因子基因和转录因子基因中,在这些基因的转录起始过程中发挥着关键作用。

Influence of Initiator on Synthesis and Properties of Polyurethane-acrylate Hybrid Emulsion

The prepolymer polyurethanes （PUs） based on isophorone diisocyanate （IPDI）, poly（propylene glycol） （PPG）, 1,4-butanediol （BDO） and dimethylopropionic acid （DMPA） were synthesized at 75-80 ℃ for 7-8 hours, using dibutyltin dilauate （DBTDL） as catalyzer, and polyurethane-acrylate hybrid emulsion was prepared after methyl methacrylate （MMA） was polymerized, using potassium persulfate and azobisisobutyronitrile （AIBN） as initiator, respectively. The influences of these factors such as the kind of initiator, the feed method of initiator and the addition of initiator on properties of polyurethane-acrylate were studied. The FTIR and GPC of aqueous polyurethane were analyzed. The FTIR spectra show that the degree of microphase-separate between the soft segments and rigid segments is high. The analysis of molecular weights stated that molecular weights increased most significantly after amine was added. The experimental results reveal that the appearance of emulsion is excellent, the film is harder and the water absorption radio of the film is less when oil-solubility AIBN is used as initiator. The semi-continuous can increase the molecular weight of polymer and the optimum amount of the initiator was 3% for MMA.

Synthesis and characterization of miktoarm star copolymer of styrene and butadiene using multifunctional macromolecular initiator

A new kind of multifunctional macromolecular initiator with Sn-C bonds and polydiene arms was synthesized by living anionic polymerization. At first, polydiene-stannum chloride （PD-SnCl3） was prepared by the reaction of n-butyl-Li （n-BuLi）, stannic chloride （SnCl4） and diene. Then PD-SnCl3 was used to react with the dilithium initiator to prepare the multifunctional organic macromolecular initiators. The result suggested that the initiators had a remarkable yield by GPC, nearly 90%. By using these multifunctional macromolecular initiators, styrene and butadiene were effectively polymefized via anionic polymerization, which gave birth to novel miktoarm star copolymers. The relative molecular weight and polydispersity index, microstructure contents, copolymerization components, glass transition temperature （Tg） and morphology of the miktoarm star copolymers were investigated by GPC-UV, ~H NMR, DSC and TEM, respectively. 2009 Xing Ying Zhang. Published by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of Chinese Chemical Society. All rights reserved.

Adaptive modified hough transform track initiator forHFSWR tracking of fast and small targets

High frequency surface wave radar (HFSWR) is well proved to have over the horizon (OTH) detection capability to weak aerial targets, such as concealed airplanes or cruise missiles. The most important problem of detection of fast and small targets using HFSWR is earlier warning, i.e. enlargement of detection range oftargets. Therefore, the detection threshold should be decreased as low as possible, but numerous false alarms are brought about at the same time. On this condition, conventional track initiation techniques, which normally require the probability of false alarm to be at the level of 10-6, will initiate enormous false tracks and lead to abnormal operation of tracking system. An adaptive modified hough transform (AMHT) track initiator is proposed accordingly and the relation of detection range to the performance of track initiator is analyzed in this paper. Simulations are performed to confirm the capability of track initiation to fast and small targets in dense clutter by AMHT track initiator. The tolerable probability of false alarm of detector can reach the level of 10 -3 . And it performs better than track initiator based on modified hough transform (MHT).

Sensitivity Test and Data Analysis for Storage Reliability Assessment of Explosive Initiator

The explosive initiator is one kind of sensitivity products with long life and high reliability.In order to improve the storage reliability assessment,the method of storage reliability assessment for explosive initiator was proposed based on time series model using the sensitivity test data.In the method,the up and down test was used to estimate the distribution parameters of threshold.And an approach to design the up and down test was present to draw better estimations.Furthermore,the method of shrinkage estimation was introduced to get a better estimation of scale parameter by combining the sample information with prior information.The simulation result shows that the shrinkage estimation is better than traditional estimation under certain conditions.With the distribution parameters estimations,the time series models were used to describe the changing trends of distribution parameters along with storage time.Then for a fixed storage time,the distribution parameters were predicted based on the models.Finally,the confidence interval of storage reliability was obtained by fiducial inference.The illustrative example shows that the method is available for storage reliability assessment of the explosive initiator with high reliability.

A micro-chip exploding foil initiator based on printed circuit board technology

Conventional exploding foil initiator (EFI) in ignition or detonation applications hosts many performance advantages, but was hindered by the bulky, inaccurate, inefficient and expensive shortcomings. We highlight a novel micro-chip exploding foil initiator (McEFI) using printed circuit board (PCB) technology. The structural parameters were determined based on energy coupling relationship at the component interfaces. Next, the prototype McEFI has been batch-fabricated using PCB technology, with a monolithic structure of 7.0 mm (l) × 4.5 mm (w) × 4.0 mm (δ). As expected, this PCB-McEFI illustrated the successful firing validations for explosives pellets. This paper has addressed the cost problem in both military munitions and civil markets wherever reliable, insensitive and timing-dependent ignition or detonation are involved.

Research Progress of Catalysts and Initiators for Promoting the Cracking of Endothermic Hydrocarbon Fuels

Catalytic/initiated cracking of endothermic hydrocarbon fuels is an eff ective technology for cooling a hypersonic aircraft with a high Mach number(over 5).Catalysts and initiators can promote fuel cracking at low temperatures,increase fuel conversion and the heat sink capacity,and suppress coke deposition,thereby reducing waste heat.Catalysts mainly include metal oxide catalysts,noble metal catalysts and metal nanoparticles,zeolite catalysts,nanozeolite catalysts,and coating catalysts.Moreover,initiators roughly include nitrogenous compounds,oxygenated compounds,and hyperbranched polymer initiators.In this review,we aim to summarize the catalysts and initiators for cracking endothermic hydrocarbon fuels and their mechanisms for promoting cracking.This review will facilitate the development of the synthesis and exploration of catalysts and initiators.

Iron Arene Salts as Initiators for Thermal Curing of Epoxides by Photo-catalysis

[Cyclopentadien-Fe-naphthalene]BF4(CFN) and [cyclopentadien-Fe-anisole]BF4(CFA) as thermal cationic initiators for the curing of epoxide E44 and GGE were investigated. CFN brought out the curing of E44 at 89.1℃ and that of GGE at 148.7℃. However, CFA had much less thermal initiating activity under 300℃. Under UV radiation for short time, the thermal initiating activities of CFN and CFA were enhanced obviously. It was observed that the initiating onset temperature decreased and the evolved heat of the curing increased. Both CFN and CFA can carry out the polymerization of E44 and GGE near 85℃ and 112℃ by UV radiation.

Novel Ferricenium Tetrafluoroborate Salt as Latent Thermal Cationic Initiator for Curing of Epoxy Resins

A novel latent thermal initiator, ferricenium tetrafluoroborate salt (FcBF4), for cationic polymerization of epoxides is reported. The activities of FcBF4 for different epoxides, including bisphenol-A-type epoxy oligomer E44, cycloaliphatic epoxy ERL4221, and glycidylether epoxy GGE, were evaluated by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). The results showed a moderate thermal initiation activity for E44 and GGE at 78℃ and 108℃ respectively. When adding GGE to E44, the reaction was enhanced. The temperature of thermal degradation of the cured specimens for the system of E44/FcBF4, E44+10%GGE/FcBF4 and E44+10%ERL4221/FcBF4 is higher than 350℃.

A natural component as initiator for photopolymerization of 1,6-hexanedioldiacrylate

1,3-Benzodioxole (BDO) as a simple model compound for the BDO derivatives from natural plant was used as coinitiator for p-chlorobenzophenone (CBP) and initiator for UV photopolymerization of 1,6-hexanedioldiacrylate (HDDA), respectively. The results showed that, BDO was an effective coinitiator for CBP. Although BDO as initiator led to very low rate of polymerization, it was still meaningful for the photocuring field.

RADICAL PHOTOPOLYMERIZATION USING ARYLIODONIUM SALT/TERTIARY AMINE COMPLEX SYSTEM AS THE PHOTOINITIATOR

The diphenyliodonium salt (DPIOC)/triethylamine (TEA) is used as photoinitiator for radical photopolymerization. It was found that a ground state CT complex formed between DPIOC as electron acceptor and TEA as electron donor, which results in extending the photosensitivity range of DPIOC/TEA system up to above 500nm compared with DPIOC alone. The kinetic studies on photopolymerization of methyl methacrylate (MMA) were carried out in CH_3CN: H_2O (14: 1, v/v) mixture solution at 30℃ by dilatometer. The results obtained show that the polymerization rate (R_p) increases with increasing concentrations of DPIOC and TEA with exponent 0. 65 and 0. 62 respectively. The activation energy E_a and k_p/k_^(1/2) value were determined to be 4.1 Kcal mol^(-1) and 0.045 respectively. The other influence factors and reaction mechanism were also discussed.

STEREOREGULARITY OF POLY (METHYL METHACRYLATE) OBTAINED WITH CHIRAL ANIONIC COMPLEX INITIATOR

The stereoregular polymerization of methyl methacrylate (MMA) have been investigatedwith chiral anionic complex initiator[FILi-(-)SP]in toluene, THF and toluene/THF [1/1(v/v)]. The tacticities of PMMAs obtained in the three solvents have been found to be mainly asyndiotactic triads(s-PMMA)with content of 72.3, 67.7 and 71.4%,respectively.

Method for high reliability evaluation of explosive initiator based on sensitivity distribution order restricted theory

Based on the hypothesis testing theory and sampling inspection, and utilizing the distribution parameters obtained by order restricted method, the matter of reliability index verification is transformed into testing the scale parameters of distribution. Thus, a lower stimulus level is selected, and small sample size specimens are tested to verify the high reliability at required stimulus level. Analysis for mean square error of verification test stimulus level is taken, and the result demonstrates that it is reasonable to confirm the test scheme using the order restricted estimation. The new method is used for reliability verification of the stab detonator comparing with run-down method. The result shows that it is available for verification of high reliability explosive initiator by small sample size.

Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization of Methyl Methacrylate with α,α-Dichlorotoluene or α,α,α-Trichlorotoluene as Initiator

The atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) of methyl methacrylate using α.α dichlorotoluene or α.α.α-trichlorotoluene as the initiator and CuCl/2.2'-bipyridine complex as the catalyst was investigated. α,α-Dichlorotoluene gave good control of molecular weight with high initiation efficiency and low polydispersity. While α.α.α-trichlorotoluene gave very slow polymerization rate. which could be improved by the addition of Cu (0) to the system.

One-Step Preparation of Poly-Lactic-Co-Glycolic-Acid Microparticles to Prevent the Initial Burst Release of Encapsulated Water-Soluble Proteins

An initial burst is often observed during the release of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) from poly-lactic-coglycolic-acid (PLGA) microparticles (MPs) which have been prepared by the emulsion-solvent evaporation method. Herein, we describe the development of a simple one-step coating method that suppresses the initial burst release process. This new method involves coating the PLGA-MPs with PLGA, with the coating process being performed through the phase separation of PLGA on the surface of PLGA-MPs using the emulsion-solvent evaporation method. Bovine serum albumin (BSA) was encapsulated in the PLGA-MPs as a model API. The coated MPs were spherical in shape with no pores on their smooth surface, whereas the non-coated PLGA-MPs had porous surfaces. An in vitro release study showed that the residual levels of BSA in the coated and non-coated PLGA-MPs after 1 h were about 99% and 16% of the original loads, respectively. The one-step coating method therefore represents a useful method for preparing PLGA-MPs that do not give an initial burst release of proteinaceous APIs.