Detonation and Decomposition Characteristics of Dichlorate(VII) μ-Tris(4-amino-1,2,4-triazole)copper(II)

Dichlorate(VII) μ-tris(4-amino-1,2,4-triazole)copper(II) is an explosive with a performance close to that of lead azide. However, it is quite stable and has moderate sensitivity to thermal and mechanical stimuli. In order to fully characterize it as a primary explosive, its thermal decomposition kinetics were studied and some important detonation and explosion parameters (detonation heat and velocity, acceleration ability, water shock wave overpressure, and energy) were measured and/or calculated.