Compatibility of anhydride cured epoxies with hexanitroazobenzene (HNAB) and hexanitrostilbene (HNS)

Conference · Tue Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1985

OSTI ID:5889460

Massis, T M; Wischmann, K B

The explosives HNAB (hexanitroazobenzene) and HNS (hexanitrostilbene) have compatibility problems with amine-cured epoxy systems. A program was instituted to find compatible polymeric substitutes for use with these explosives. These polymeric materials must have rigid structures after curing for both adhesive and encapsulant applications. A promising class of epoxy materials using anhydride curing agents with various catalysts to trigger the cure reaction were developed. These polymeric systems have very good compatibility with HNS. Of those tested with HNAB, the anhydride epoxy system that used uranyl nitrate as the catalyst was found to be marginally compatible while the others were incompatible. These results indicated further studies are needed. The CRT (chemical reactivity test) was used to evaluate the compatibility of these materials. 6 references, 2 figures, 5 tables.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-76DP00789
• OSTI ID: 5889460
• Report Number(s): SAND-84-2660; CONF-8503100-2; ON: DE85007689
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
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45 MILITARY TECHNOLOGY, WEAPONRY, AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
450100* -- Military Technology
Weaponry
& National Defense-- Chemical Explosions & Explosives
ACTINIDE COMPOUNDS
ANHYDRIDES
CATALYSTS
CATALYTIC EFFECTS
CHEMICAL EXPLOSIVES
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
COMPATIBILITY
CURING
DATA
EPOXIDES
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
EXPLOSIVES
INFORMATION
MEDIUM TEMPERATURE
NITRATES
NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
NUMERICAL DATA
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
URANIUM COMPOUNDS
URANYL COMPOUNDS
URANYL NITRATES