Shock induced sub-detonation chemical reactions in 1,3,5-triamino-2,4,6-trinitrobenzene
- National Defence Research Establishment, S-17290 Stockholm (Sweden)
The technique of combining slapper ignition with fast (12 {mu}s/scan) time-of-flight mass spectroscopy has been used for studying the early shock-induced decomposition of TATB (1,3,5-triamino-2,4,6-trinitrobenzene). By varying the slapper energy, and hence the shock intensity, it was possible to vary the degree of reaction from a weak detonation to full detonation. As the slapper energy was lowered, several larger mass fragments were detected, e.g. m/z242. This indicates that it is possible to detect early decomposition products using this technique. The same set of experiments was also conducted on isotopically labelled TATB (TATB{minus}{sup 15}N{sub 6}) where the corresponding peak occurred at m/z248. From this it was concluded that the peak resulted from a shock-induced elimination of oxygen, and hence that the early decomposition is a conversion of a nitro group to a nitroso group. {copyright} {ital 1996 American Institute of Physics.}
- OSTI ID:
- 561783
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-950846-; ISSN 0094-243X; TRN: 9716M0079
- Journal Information:
- AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 370, Issue 1; Conference: American Physical Society biennial conference on shock compression of condensed matter, Seattle, WA (United States), 13-18 Aug 1995; Other Information: PBD: May 1996
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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