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The agent of the autocatalytic thermal decomposition of aliphatic nitrate ester explosives
Author(s) -
Batten J. J.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
international journal of chemical kinetics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.341
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1097-4601
pISSN - 0538-8066
DOI - 10.1002/kin.550171005
Subject(s) - autocatalysis , chemistry , thermal decomposition , explosive material , formaldehyde , decomposition , nitrate , organic chemistry , catalysis
The condensed‐phase thermal decomposition of aliphatic nitrate ester explosives is generally autocatalytic. The object of this article is to show that the agent of the autocatalysis is not the product NO 2 , as is generally believed, but to suggest that it may be the product formaldehyde.