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A faster increase in the cell size and other very important multifront detonation parameters compared with that predicted by the kinetic calculations has been shown for nitrogen-diluted fuel-oxygen mixtures of hydrogen and typical hydrocarbons. Dilution of mixtures with other inert gases does not lead to a similar effect. This may be associated with the increase in the chemical reactivity of nitrogen under the action of the electric field of a detonation wave. A more correct method of calculating the ignition delays of various nitrogen-containing mixtures for detonation conditions is proposed.
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Translated fromFizika Goreniya i Vzryva, Vol. 34, No. 1, pp. 79–83, January–February, 1998
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Vasil’ev, A.A. Effect of nitrogen on multifront detonation parameters. Combust Explos Shock Waves 34, 72–76 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02671821
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