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Science and Technology of Energetic Materials

Vol.68, No.1 (2007)

Letter

Study on the thermal behavior of nitroglycerine
Masaru Nakahama, Katsumi Katoh, Shuhei Kawaguch, Shiro Kubota, Yuji Wada, Yuji Ogata, and Mitsuru Arai
p.21-24

Abstract

In order to investigate the heat release behaviors of nitroglycerine (NG), the thermal analysis of NG was performed under the heating condition and the isothermal conditions in various atmospheres. Under the heating condition, two heat releases of NG were observed at approximately 416 K and 436 K in the presence of O2. The amount of heat release at the lower temperature was dependent on the partial pressure of O2. In N2, no heat release was observed around those temperature ranges. Even in a 4 vol. % NO2 / N2 atmosphere, no heat release was observed at that temperature. On the other hand, in 4 vol. % NO2 / air, large heat release was observed at approximately 387 K. Under the isothermal condition, the induction period was shortened in the presence of O2. The induction period in 4 vol. NO2 / air was shorter than that in air and the induction period in 4 vol. NO2 / N2 was shorter than that in N2. NO2 in the presence of O2 contributed to decomposition of NG more than NO2 in the absence of O2.

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Keywords

Self ignition, Spontaneous ignition, Nitric ester, Nitric acid ester

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