In a number of recent studies by the authors, a new physical phenomenon has been discovered and investigated in detail — the formation of a detonation wave during the condensation of highly supersaturated carbon vapor. The essence of the phenomenon is that an initiating shock wave propagating through an exothermic carbon compound (for example, carbon suboxide C₃O₂ or acetylene C₂H₂), as a result of its rapid dissociation, yields a highly supersaturated carbon vapor; the energy released during its condensation forms and maintains a detonation wave. This review describes in detail the results of experimental studies and their analysis based on the detailed kinetics and thermodynamics of the processes occurring and the one-dimensional Zeldovich–Neumann–Dring (ZND) theory of detonation. The potential to practically use the discovered phenomenon is discussed.

在作者最近的一些研究中，人们发现并详细研究了一种新的物理现象——在高度过饱和的碳蒸气冷凝过程中形成爆轰波。该现象的本质是通过放热的碳化合物（例如，低氧化碳 C ₃ O ₂或乙炔 C ₂ H ₂)，由于其快速解离，产生高度过饱和的碳蒸气；在其凝结过程中释放的能量形成并保持爆炸波。这篇综述详细描述了实验研究的结果及其基于所发生过程的详细动力学和热力学以及一维 Zeldovich-Neumann-Dring (ZND) 爆轰理论的分析。讨论了实际使用发现的现象的潜力。