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Determination of the rates of formation of gaseous products from the pyrolysis of octahydro‐1, 3, 5, 7‐tetranitro‐1, 3, 5, 7‐tetrazocine (hmx) by simultaneous thermogravimetric modulated beam mass spectrometry
Author(s) -
Behrens Richard
Publication year - 1990
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.550220205
Subject(s) - chemistry , thermogravimetric analysis , isothermal process , decomposition , pyrolysis , thermal decomposition , mass spectrometry , analytical chemistry (journal) , reaction mechanism , thermodynamics , organic chemistry , chromatography , physics , catalysis
The method for determining the rates of formation of gaseous pyrolysis products during thermal decompositions by simultaneous thermogravimetric modulated beam mass spectrometry is presented. The analysis procedure that handles both molecular and continuum flow from the reaction cell is described. The technique is illustrated with the isothermal decomposition of HMX. The temporal behaviors of the rates of formation of the pyrolysis products, H 2 O, HCN, CO, CH 2 O, NO, N 2 O, methylformamide, C 2 H 6 N 2 O, and octahydro‐1‐nitroso‐3, 5, 7‐trinitro‐1, 3, 5, 7‐tetrazocene, formed during the isothermal decomposition of HMX at 211°C, are presented. The results show that a complex condensed‐phase reaction mechanism controls the decomposition.