Propellants Explosives Pyrotechnics, Vol.45, No.6, 988-996, 2020
Characterization of Continuous-Wave Laser Heating Ignition of Ammonium Dinitramide-Based Ionic Liquids with Carbon Fibers
Ammonium dinitramide-based energetic ionic liquid propellants (ADN-EILPs) exhibit the advantages of high energy density, low toxicity, and handling safety, and are therefore promising monopropellants. Herein, we characterized the ignition of ADN-EILPs induced by CW laser heating in the presence of carbon fibers, clarifying the effect of laser power and suggesting that ignition reproducibility is influenced by the difference of ADN-EILP osmotic state in carbon fibers or carbon fiber configuration. The observed ignition behavior allowed one to conclude that (i) high-power CW laser heating causes the formation of bubbles on the surface, which disturbs further heating; and (ii) an Arrhenius-type relationship exists between ignition delay and heating rate, suggesting that the strategy of foreshortening ADN-EILP ignition delay by increasing CW laser power has certain limits.