Progress Report on Research into Chemical Structure/Bonding Decomposition Relationships for Energetic Materials.

Abstract

Photochemical and thermal decomposition of nitroaromatic compounds and nitramines has been studied by electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy. Radicals are obtained from both types of compounds, indicating a mechanism for their decomposition. Photolysis of nitroaromatics in ethers results in a radical produced with solvent interaction, whereas photolysis in other solvents and all photolysis of nitramines produces a radical formed by cleavage of a nitro group from the parent compound. Thermal decomposition studies have been undertaken using binary mixtures of compounds in the search for an inert high-temperature solvent. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1980
Accession Number
ADA095134

Entities

People

  • Henry L. Pugh
  • John S. Wilkes
  • Larry P. Davis
  • R. Cameron Dorey
  • W. Robert Carper

Organizations

  • Air Force Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Decomposition
  • Electron Paramagnetic Resonance
  • Electrons
  • Energetic Materials
  • Ethers
  • Explosives
  • Free Radicals
  • High Explosives
  • High Temperature
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Materials
  • Paramagnetic Resonance
  • Photolysis
  • Plastic Explosives
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Chemistry

Readers

  • Organic Chemistry

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics