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Thermal Decomposition of Energetic Materials 57. Products of some self-igniting fuel-HNO3 Systems

✍ Scribed by D. G. Patil; S. R. Jain; T. B. Brill


Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1992
Tongue
English
Weight
507 KB
Volume
17
Category
Article
ISSN
0721-3115

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Abstract

Exothermic reactions of some self igniting fuel‐HNO~3~ systems have been examined by the rapid‐scan FIR/thermal profiling technique. A sudden rise in temperature is observed when the liquid oxidizer is dropped onto the solid fuel. Simultaneous monitoring of the gas products of the reaction occurring between p‐phenylenediamine and HNO~3~ reveals the formation of Co~2~, NO~2~ and HONO. Immediate evolution of NO~2~ is observed in the synergistically igniting systems comprised of substituted anilines, Mg and HNO~3~. Thiocarbohydrazide and its acetone and benzaldehyde monoderivatives on reacting with HNO~3~ produce SO~2~, NO~2~ and, possibly, OCS. The results are explained in terms of the oxidation and nitration reactions occurring in these systems.