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Evidence of Nitrate Formation from the Thermal Decay of Alkali Metal Dinitramides
Author(s) -
Cliff Matthew D.,
Smith Matthew W.,
Edwards Darren P.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
propellants, explosives, pyrotechnics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.56
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1521-4087
pISSN - 0721-3115
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1521-4087(199902)24:1<43::aid-prep43>3.0.co;2-v
Subject(s) - chemistry , alkali metal , thermal decomposition , metal , alkaline earth metal , powder diffraction , nuclear chemistry , crystallography , inorganic chemistry , organic chemistry
The thermal decomposition products of five alkali metal dinitra‐mides were examined by mass spectral and X‐ray diffraction analysis. All five salt residues (Li, Na, K, Rb and Cs) showed no evidence of the parent dinitramide by mass spectrometry and showed only metal nitrate adducts to be present. X‐ray diffraction patterns of the decay residues matched JCPDS reference patterns and confirmed that the dinitramide salts thermally decomposed to their respective alkali metal nitrate.