In order to achieve a clean synthesis process of HMX,nitrolysis of DPT in two nitration systems was investigated.Nitrolysis of DPT in N2O5/organic solvent systems was investigatedto yield little HMX but mainly complex by-products with lowmelting point, indicating that the solutions of N2O5 in organicsolvents was not suitable for this process. Nitrolysis in N2O5/HNO3syste...

To improve the mechanistic understanding of the possible decomposition in the gas phase of the energetic material HMX (octahydro-1,3,5,7-tetranitro-1,3,5,7-tetrazocine), we used ab initio calculations to determine the various unimolecular decomposition channels. We find three distinct mechanisms: (i) homolytic cleavage of N-N bond to form NO2 (M ) 46) and HMR (M ) 250) which subsequently decomp...

a hydrothermal method for preparation of nano-size zirconia has been studied to optimize the effective parameters (precursor concentration, temperature and time) using response surface methodology (rsm). the synthesized zirconia samples were characterized through x-ray diffraction (xrd), scanning electron microscope (sem) and transmission electron microscopy (tem) analyses to identify mean nano...

Ultraviolet excitation (8-ns duration) is employed to study the decomposition of RDX (1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazacyclohexane) and HMX (1,3,5,7-tetranitro-1,3,5,7-tetrazacyclooctane) from their first excited electronic states. Isolated RDX and HMX are generated in the gas phase utilizing a combination of matrix-assisted laser desorption and supersonic jet expansion techniques. The NO molecule is...

This paper describes the separation of two of the most widely used explosive compounds, RDX (1,3,5-Trinitro-1,3, 5-triazacyclohexane) and HMX (1,3,5,7-tetranitro-1,3,5,7tetraazacyclooctane). A simple antisolvent phase separation process to obtain >99% pure RDX from an explosive mixture consisting of RDX (≈90%) and HMX (≈10%) was developed. The process does not require modifications to the exist...