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Structure and Properties of 1,4‐Bis(Trinitromethyl)Benzene
Author(s) -
Giles Ian D.,
Imler Gregory H.,
Deschamps Jeffrey R.
Publication year - 2020
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.201900394
Subject(s) - detonation , benzene , explosive material , crystal structure , perpendicular , materials science , oxygen balance , detonation velocity , crystal (programming language) , crystallography , activation energy , oxygen , chemistry , organic chemistry , geometry , mathematics , computer science , programming language
The structure, activation energy, onset temperature, heat of formation, and calculated detonation properties of 1,4‐bis(trinitromethly)benzene are reported here. The crystal structure of this compound shows that as other trinitromethyl containing compounds the planes of the three independent C‐NO 2 are approximately perpendicular to one another. The crystal density is 1.805 g/cm 3 . Like other trinitromethyl containing explosives, the onset temperature is relatively low (103.7 °C). The incorporation of two trinitromethly groups yields a reasonable oxygen balance (−25.5 %) which is close to that of RDX (−21.6 %). While the calculated detonation velocity of HNX exceeds that of TNT it is almost 6 % lower than that of RDX.