This paper used a
supercritical CO2 batch foaming process
to treat a waste SP double-base propellant, which is a type of double-base
propellants containing 58.6% nitrocellulose, 40.0% nitroglycerin,
0.8% centralite, and 0.5% vaseline, to solve a problem of poor stability
of industrial explosives directly prepared by the propellant. Experiments
show that this process can produce dense pores inside the SP double-base
propellant. With the increase of the pressure of supercritical CO2, the number of pores inside the foamed SP double-base propellant
increased, and these pores served as hotspots in the detonation reaction.
An increased number of hotspots improved the detonation stability
of the perfusion explosive. During the explosion, the energy of the
perfusion explosive with the foamed SP double-base propellant was
released more completely, so the shock wave energy and bubble energy
of the explosive gradually increased with the increase of pressure.
Therefore, the supercritical CO2 foaming process can promote
the treatment technology of waste double-base propellants and can
optimize the detonation performance of perfusion explosives by increasing
the pressure of supercritical CO2.