Procedure for the analysis of RX-03-EJ (LX-17)

Technical Report · Fri May 01 04:00:00 EDT 1981

OSTI ID:6503922

Selig, W; Crossman, G L; Waggoner, M C

An analytical procedure is described for the explosive RX-03-EJ with the nominal composition of 1,3,5-triamino-2,4,6-trinitrobenzene (TATB) 55 to 83%, polytrifluorochloroethylene (Kel-F800) 4 to 7% and aluminum 20 to 40%. Approximately 1 gram of the explosive is weighed, treated with concentrated nitric acid and refluxed to dissolve all of the aluminum and TATB. After dissolution, the mixture is cooled, filtered in a crucible and the residue (Kel-F) is weighed after drying. Aluminum in the filtrate is determined by taking an aliquot and boiling off the nitric acid unitl almost dry. The residue is then dissolved in distilled water and an excess of EDTA is added which is back-titrated with a zinc solution using xylenol orange as the indicator. The amount of aluminum is obtained by EDTA titration multiplied by the dilution factor and TATB is calculated by difference.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• OSTI ID: 6503922
• Report Number(s): UCID-19033
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
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ALUMINIUM
AMINO ACIDS
CARBOXYLIC ACIDS
CHELATING AGENTS
CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
CHEMICAL EXPLOSIVES
CHLORINATED ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS
EDTA
ELEMENTS
EXPLOSIVES
FLUORINATED ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS
GRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS
HALOGENATED ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS
METALS
ORGANIC ACIDS
ORGANIC CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC FLUORINE COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
PH VALUE
QUANTITATIVE CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
TATB
TITRATION