Excimer Laser Photochemical Decomposition of Dimethylnitramine

Abstract

Cyclic nitramines such as HMX and RDX are energetic materials used in propellants and explosives. One of the keys to understanding the ignition and combustion of these compounds is a characterization of the pathways involved in their unimolecular decomposition. This information is difficult to obtain since the utility of energetic materials is based on their propensity to undergo extremely rapid, exothermic reactions. Moreover, functionally useful nitramines may decompose via a number of possible pathways, and secondary bimolecular reactions involving product radicals may obscure the identity of the initial reaction products. Because of these difficulties, dimethylnitramine (DMNA), (CH3)2NNO2, has been studied as a simple analog expected to exhibit some of the processes important in cyclic nitramine decomposition. DMNA decomposition has been investigated in thermal pyrolysis.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1991
Accession Number
ADA242664

Entities

People

  • A. W. Miziolek
  • C. N. Merrow
  • M. J. Mcquaid
  • R. C. Sausa

Organizations

  • Ballistic Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Chemical Engineering
  • Chemical Reaction Properties
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Chemistry
  • Combustion
  • Decomposition
  • Detection
  • Dissociation
  • Energetic Materials
  • Jet Propulsion
  • Laser Induced Fluorescence
  • Lasers
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Military Research
  • Photolysis
  • Physical Chemistry
  • Spectroscopy

Fields of Study

  • Chemistry

Readers

  • Organic Chemistry
  • Rocket Propulsion.
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy