Semiconductor Model of Detonation

According to the semiconductor model of detonation [1-2], the rate of the burning wave propagation from the hot spots and, hence the energy release macrokinetics in a detonating HE, is controlled by the electron heat conductivity process in unreacted HE compressed and heated by the shock. In the given report a review on current status of the semiconductor model of detonation is presented, including the results of the recent measurements of electric conductivity of unreacted TATB-based HE loaded by shock waves [3], evaluation of the rate of the burning wave propagation from the hot spots and, finally, an improved temperature-based macrokinetic model of detonation initiation in TATB-based explosives. \newline \textbf{References} \begin{enumerate} \item Grebenkin K.F. Technical Physics Letters. 1998. V.24. p. 789 (Translated from Russian). \item Grebenkin K.F., Zherebtsov A.L., Kutepov A.L., Popova V.V. Technical Physics. 2002. v.~47, N. 11, p.~1458 (Translated from Russian). \item Gorshkov M.M., Grebenkin K.F., Zaikin V.T., et al. Technical Physics Letters. 2004. v.~30, n. 8, pp. 631 (Translated from Russian). \end{enumerate}