THERMAL-BEHAVIOR AND PHASE-DIAGRAM FOR THE RDX NQ BINARY-SYSTEM/

The phase diagram and thermal decomposition for binary mixtures of cyc lotrimethylenetrinitramine (RDX) and nitroguanidine (NQ) were investig ated by DSC and using a microscope with a heat stage (MHS). The eutect ic compositions of the RDX/NQ binary system were obained by constructi ng a special phase diagram for the relation of the apparent fusion hea t with the composition. The DSC results were confirmed by the phase di agram of liquidus temperature vs. composition constructed from MHS dat a.