NTO decomposition studies

Book · Mon Jul 01 04:00:00 EDT 1996

OSTI ID:248232

Oxley, J C; Smith, J L; Yeager, K E; Rogers, E; Dong, X X ^[1]

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1. Univ. of Rhode Island, West Kingston, RI (United States)

To examine the thermal decomposition of 5-nitro-2,4-dihydro-3H-1,2,4-triazol-3-one (NTO) in detail, isotopic labeling studies were undertaken. NTO samples labeled with {sup 15}N in three different locations [N(1) and N(2), N(4), and N(6)] were prepared. Upon thermolysis, the majority of the NTO condensed-phase product was a brown, insoluble residue, but small quantities of 2,4-dihydro-3H-1,2,4-triazol-3-one (TO) and triazole were detected. Gases comprised the remainder of the NTO decomposition products. The analysis of these gases is reported along with mechanistic implications of these observations.

• OSTI ID: 248232
• Report Number(s): CONF-951155--; ISBN 1-55899-321-5
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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45 MILITARY TECHNOLOGY, WEAPONRY, AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
CARBON DIOXIDE
CARBON MONOXIDE
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
CHEMICAL EXPLOSIVES
CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY
LABELLED COMPOUNDS
MASS SPECTROSCOPY
NITRIC OXIDE
NITRO COMPOUNDS
NITROGEN
NITROGEN 15
NITROUS OXIDE
PYROLYSIS
PYROLYSIS PRODUCTS
STABILITY
TRIAZOLES