Combustion of Mechanically Activated Heterogeneous Systems.

A mathematical model for the combustion of preliminary activated heterogeneous systems is proposed which includes equations describing heat conduction, chemical kinetics, and the dynamics of the excess energy accumulated in condensed reagents at the stage of preliminary mechanical treatment. The excess energy decreases as a result of structure normalization and chemical transformation, whose activation energy, in turn, depends on the excess energy in the condensed reagents. The case of stationary combustion is analyzed in detail. The effect of mechanical activation on the velocity of the synthesis wave and its structure is analyzed by numerical modeling. The main conclusions are compared with available experimental data. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]