NEW APPLICATION OF KINETIC DATA OF THE LOW-TEMPERATURE THERMOLYSIS OFNITROPARAFFINS

A relationship has been derived between the activation energies E(a) o f low-temperature non-autocatalyzed thermolysis of nitroparaffins and their oxygen balances. An analogous relationship has also been found f or pre-exponents of log A of this thermolysis. The direct relationship existing between E(a) values and the impact sensitivity of the nitroc ompounds in a condensed state is confirmed by the first relationship. From these two relationships, the molecular-structural dependences of the thermal reactivity of nitroparaffins in both gaseous and liquid st ates are discussed. For the thermolysis of mononitromethane in the liq uid state, primary homolytic pseudo-monomolecular fragmentation decomp osition is hypothesized.