Radiolytic degradation of dodecane substituted with common energetic functional groups.

ABSTRACT: Explosives exist in and are expected to withstand a variety of harsh environments up to and including ionizing radiation, though little is known about the chemical consequences of exposing explosives to an ionizing radiation field. This study focused on the radiation-induced chemical changes to a variety of common energetic functional groups by utilizing a consistent molecular backbone. Dodecane was substituted with azide, nitro, nitrate ester, and nitramine functional groups and γ-irradiated with ⁶⁰Co in order to study how the functional group degraded along with what the relative stability to ionizing radiation was. Chemical changes were assessed using a combination of analysis techniques including: nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, gas chromatography of both the

SUBMITTER: Huestis PL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10028498 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature