Research of the Reactivity Photoacoustic Characteristics of PETN and HNS Induced by Laser

Abstract

The reactivity photoacoustic technology was used to detect the laser induced photoacoustic spectroscopy characteristics of explosives (PETN and HNS). The results showed that: the reflectivity of pure PETN and HNS under laser irradiation was large and the photoacoustic signal was weak. After doping with carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and carbon black (CB), the reflectivity decreased. The photothermal conversion and the optical absorption coefficient rate increased and the photoacoustic signal enhanced. For the same sample, the intensity of the signal was proportional to the incident laser energy. For the same explosives and under the same doping amount, the photoacoustic signal of the CNTs doped sample is greater than that of the CB doped sample. For the same sample and the same dopant, the greater the amount of doping, the stronger the photoacoustic signal. There was optimum ignition energy. By using TG-DSC technology for thermal analysis of the samples, the results from the thermal analysis could explain the reactivity photoacoustic experiment.