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Title: Phase stability of {epsilon} and {gamma} HNIW (CL-20) at high-pressure and temperature

Journal Article · · AIP Conference Proceedings
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2832955· OSTI ID:21039532
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  1. Indian Head Division-Naval Surface Warfare Center, Indian Head, MD 20640 (United States)

Hexanitrohexaazaisowurtzitane (CL-20) is one of the few ingredients developed since World War II to be considered for transition to military use. Five polymorphs have been identified for CL-20 by FTIR measurements ({alpha}, {beta}, {gamma}, {epsilon}, {zeta}). As CL-20 is transitioned into munitions it will become necessary to predict its response under conditions of detonation, for performance evaluation. Such predictive modeling requires a phase diagram and basic thermodynamic properties of the various phases at high pressure and temperature. Therefore, the epsilon and gamma phases of CL-20 at static high-pressure and temperature were investigated using synchrotron angle-dispersive x-ray diffraction experiments. The samples were compressed and heated using diamond anvil cells (DAC). Pressures and temperatures achieved were around 5 GPa and 240 deg. C, respectively. The epsilon phase was stable to 6.3 GPa at ambient temperature. When heated at ambient pressure the epsilon phase was sustained to a temperature of 120 deg. C then underwent a transition to the gamma phase above 125 deg. C and then thermal decomposition occurred above 150 deg. C. Upon compression, the gamma phase underwent a phase transition at both ambient temperature and 140 deg. C. Pressure--volume data for the epsilon and gamma phase at ambient temperature and the epsilon phase at 75 deg. C were fit to the Birch-Murnaghan formalism to obtain isothermal equations of state.

OSTI ID:
21039532
Journal Information:
AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 955, Issue 1; Conference: Conference of the American Physical Society Topical Group on Shock Compression of Condensed Matter, Waikoloa, HI (United States), 24-29 Jun 2007; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.2832955; (c) 2007 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English