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Chain-Thermal Explosions and the Transition from Deflagration Combustion to Detonation

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The transition from combustion to a chain-thermal explosion, a necessary step in the transition from deflagration combustion into detonation, is studied using the example of hydrogen oxidation. Differences between the kinetic modes of ignition and a chain-thermal explosion are discussed.

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Original Russian Text © V.M. Prokopenko, V.V. Azatyan, 2018, published in Zhurnal Fizicheskoi Khimii, 2018, Vol. 92, No. 1, pp. 51–55.

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Prokopenko, V.M., Azatyan, V.V. Chain-Thermal Explosions and the Transition from Deflagration Combustion to Detonation. Russ. J. Phys. Chem. 92, 42–46 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0036024418010193

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