Criteria of excitation of explosive decomposition of silver azide by pulsed radiation

The process of explosive decomposition of silver azide in a pulsed electron radiation field was studied by the method of high-speed time-resolution optical spectroscopy. The criteria of excitation of explosive decomposition were determined. It is shown that in the case of short pulses, the critical parameter is the integral energy of the exciting pulse, whereas with the use of long pulses it is the pulse energy flux density.Published for purposes of discussionKemorovo. Translated from Fizika Goreniya i Vzryva, Vol. 28, No. 4, pp. 87–90, July–August, 1992.