THERMAL-DECOMPOSITION OF 2,4,6-TRINITROTOLUENE IN MELT AND SOLUTIONS

Authors
DUBIKHIN VV MATVEEV VG NAZIN GM
Citation
Vv. Dubikhin et al., THERMAL-DECOMPOSITION OF 2,4,6-TRINITROTOLUENE IN MELT AND SOLUTIONS, Russian chemical bulletin, 44(2), 1995, pp. 258-263
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry
Journal title
Russian chemical bulletin → ACNP
ISSN journal
10665285
Volume
44
Issue
2
Year of publication
1995
Pages
258 - 263
Database
ISI
SICI code
1066-5285(1995)44:2<258:TO2IMA>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
Thermal decomposition of 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene in the temperature rang e from 200 to 340 degrees C in melt and in solutions was studied. The main features of the process (high initial rates, activation energies lower than those in the gaseous phase, a higher acceleration at the ca talytic stage, and the effect of nonpolar solvents on initial rates) a re explained in terms of a kinetic scheme corresponding to a degenerat e branched chain reaction.