EPR Spectroscopy of Thermally Initiated Free Radicals in RDX.

Abstract

The explosive RDX exhibits EPR signals when heated to temperatures ranging from 120 C to 200 C. Neat RDX samples give intense EPR signals at 197 C. RDX dissolved into sulfolane gives intense EPR signals at 170 C and weaker signals detected as low as 120 C. A 0.1M solution of RDX in sulfolane gives an EPR spectrum at 170 C which is attributed to a nitroxide radical (H2C(NN02)2(CH2)2N-0). A 1M solution of RDX in sulfolane at 170 C and a neat sample of RDX at 197C give an identical spectrum of a second radical.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 27, 1983
Accession Number
ADA133976

Entities

People

  • A. D. Britt
  • D. R. Farrar
  • M. D. Pace
  • W. B. Moniz

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boiling Point
  • Carbonate Esters
  • Chemical Compounds
  • Chemistry
  • Couplings
  • Decomposition
  • Explosives
  • Free Radicals
  • Gas Evolution
  • Inorganic Chemistry
  • Intensity
  • Nitrogen Oxides
  • Quantum Properties
  • Rdx
  • Simulations
  • Spectra
  • Spectroscopy

Fields of Study

  • Chemistry

Readers

  • Aviation Safety Risk Assessment.
  • Materials Science and Engineering.
  • Organic Chemistry