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Title: Determination of the response of pentaerythritol tetranitrate to static high pressure up to 4.2 GPa by neutron diffraction

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/548629· OSTI ID:548629

Neutron powder diffraction experiments were performed on pentaerythritol tetranitrate explosive up to 4.28 GPa. For deuterated samples the changes in lattice parameters, intramolecular torsional angles and molecular rotation were measured. The lattice parameter changes were different from those observed in protonated samples. However, there is no evidence of a phase transition or change in molecular symmetry.

Research Organization:
Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-36
OSTI ID:
548629
Report Number(s):
LA-UR-97-2991; CONF-970707-; ON: DE98000973; TRN: AHC29724%%30
Resource Relation:
Conference: Meeting of the topical group on shock compression of condensed matter of the American Physical Society, Amherst, MA (United States), 27 Jul - 1 Aug 1997; Other Information: PBD: [1997]
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English