THERMOKINETICS Sparse Data Software (TKsd)

Evaluation of Kinetic Parameters from Sparse,
Discontinuously Collected Thermoanalytical Data

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Optimization of Modeling of Propellants Aging Investigated According to NATO AOP-48 Ed.2 Test Procedure

The stability test procedure according to NATO-AOP 48 Ed. 2 commonly applied for the explosives and nitrocellulose-based propellants is based on the assumption that the kinetic description of the process of stabilizer depletion can be done by applying the reaction-order (RO) model for the fitting experimental data. In the present paper another procedure is proposed by application more general Prout-Tompkins (PT) model based on the autocatalytic character of the reaction. Presented computer simulations indicate that PT model allows much better fit of the processes which kinetics is not fully determined …

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