Specific features of solid-phase reactions induced by shock waves

Kinetic and thermodynamic aspects of solid-phase reactions in recovery ampoules under shock compression are considered. Attention is paid to incompleteness of chemical conversion owing to the “cold” character of exothermic reactions in shock waves and to the dependence of the heat-release profile on the grain-size distribution of reagents. Different degrees of conversion at an identical level of pressure under loading and unloading are noted.