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Analysis of the initial stages of the Thermal Decomposition of 1,4‐Butanediammonium Dinitrate
Author(s) -
Quirke J. M. E.,
Fu J.,
Hardy K. A.,
Sheldon J. W.,
Doolittle F. G.,
McKenney R. L.
Publication year - 1989
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/prep.19890140206
Subject(s) - mass spectrometry , thermal decomposition , decomposition , chemistry , dissociation (chemistry) , nitric acid , ionization , quadrupole , quadrupole mass analyzer , analytical chemistry (journal) , electron ionization , inorganic chemistry , atomic physics , ion , organic chemistry , physics , chromatography
The initial stages of the decomposition of 1,4‐butanediammonium dinitrate (BDD) were investigated using a molecular beam sampling time‐of‐flight‐quadrupole mass spectrometer system. Experimental results are consistent with the hypothesis that the compound undergoes dissociation into 1,4‐butanediamine and nitric acid. Standard electron impact ionisation and fast atom bombardment mass spectrometric analyses of BDD gave support to the molecular beam study.