Abstract
We have analyzed the existing assumptions about the mechanism of the explosive decomposition of the heavy metal azides. We present here a study of the kinetics of the explosive decomposition of silver azide, initiated by a laser pulse. New effects are identified and studied, including a pre-explosion conductivity and luminescence. On the basis of our results, we conclude that the reaction proceeds by a chain reaction mechanism. In terms of band theory, we propose a model of the primary chain step of the reaction as the creation of a quasilocalized state deep in the valence band with two holes localized at a defect (N3 0), with impact ionization occurring as they “float up”.
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State University, Kemerov. Translated from Ivvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 11, pp. 162–175, November, 1996.
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Aduev, B.P., Aluker, É.D., Belokurov, G.M. et al. High time resolution spectroscopy studies of the explosive decomposition of silver azide. Russ Phys J 39, 1135–1145 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02436156
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