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Thermal Decomposition of Energetic Materials. 42. Fast thermal decomposition of five N‐Methyl substituted ethanediammonium dinitrate salts
Author(s) -
Russell T. P.,
Brill T. B.
Publication year - 1990
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.19900150402
Subject(s) - chemistry , thermal decomposition , medicinal chemistry , decomposition , fourier transform infrared spectroscopy , organic chemistry , quantum mechanics , physics
The fast thermolysis of N‐methyl substituted ethanediam‐monium dinitrate salts is described by temperature profiling/FTIR spectroscopy. The salts described are [CH 3 NH 2 CH 2 CH 2 NH 3 ](NO 3 ) 2 (MEDD), [CH 3 NH 2 CH 2 CH 2 NH 2 CH 3 ](NO 3 ) 2 (SDMEDD), [(CH 3 ) 2 NHCH 2 CH 2 NH 3 ](NO 3 ) 2 (UDMEDD), [(CH 3 ) 2 NHCH 2 CH 2 NH 2 CH 3 ](NO 3 ) 2 (TRMEDD) und [(CH 3 ) 2 NHCH 2 CH 2 NH(CH 3 ) 2 ](NO 3 ) 2 (TMEDD). MEDD, UDMEDD, SDMEDD and TRMEDD more closely resemble the behavior of alkylammonium mononitrate salts than primary alkanediammonium dinitrates in terms of the temperature at which HNO 3 is released. However, TMEDD resembles the dinitrates. Both C‐C and C‐N bond fission occur based on the nature of the alkylamine products that are liberated.