Thermal decomposition of RDX: A critical review
- 1 September 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Energetic Materials
- Vol. 5 (3-4) , 257-266
- https://doi.org/10.1080/07370658708012354
Abstract
A critical assessment is given of the likely modes of thermal decomposition of RDX. Previous publications by other authors report that thermally decomposed RDX produces nitroxide and nitronylnitroxide radicals as intermediates. These results are discussed, and it is suggested that these radicals are not primary decomposition products, but are formed by the reaction of the radical products of thermal decomposition with molecular oxygen.Keywords
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- Thermal decomposition of RDX: Evidence of a nitronylnitroxyl free radical intermediateJournal of Energetic Materials, 1985