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Title: Thermal decomposition of 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene in melt and solutions

Journal Article · · Russian Chemical Bulletin
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00702131· OSTI ID:391790
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  1. Institute of Chemical Physics, Moscow (Russian Federation)

Thermal decomposition of 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene in the temperature range from 200 to 340{degrees}C in melt and in solutions was studied. The main features of the process (high initial rates, activation energies lower than those in the gaseous phase, a higher acceleration at the catalytic stage, and the effect of nonpolar solvents on initial rates) are explained in terms of a kinetic scheme corresponding to a degenerate branched chain reaction.

Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
OSTI ID:
391790
Journal Information:
Russian Chemical Bulletin, Vol. 44, Issue 2; Other Information: PBD: Aug 1995; TN: Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk, Seriya Khimicheskaya; No. 2, 266-271(Feb 1995)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English