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HMX and RDX Synthesis.

ADA005654

Publication Date	1974
Personal Author	Coon, C. L.; Guimont, J. M.
Page Count	91
Abstract	The objective of this research was to find potentially inexpensive synthetic routes to HMX and RDX that offer advantages over the current procedures. The research covered in this report concerns additional work on the optimization of the amide-triazine process, the study of new procedures for the preparation of HMX, and the study of new nitrolysis procedures. The amide-triazine process was studied to determine the effect of pressure on other reaction parameters. the possible use of methyl phosphonamide, hydroxymethyl oxamide, and bis(chloromethyl)acetamide in the preparation of HMX precursors was studied. Nitrolysis of HMX and RDX precursors was carried out using a variety of N2)5 systems. Costs and economic evaluations of these innorations are discussed.
Keywords	RDX HMX Synthesis(Chemistry) Nitration Explosives Formaldehyde Amides Triazines Manufacturing Costs Pressure Chemical reactors Nuclear magnetic resonance(Carbon 13) Nitrolysis
Source Agency	Army
NTIS Subject Category	79A - Ammunition, Explosives, & Pyrotechnics 99D - Basic & Synthetic Chemistry 99B - Industrial Chemistry & Chemical Process Engineering
Corporate Authors	Stanford Research Inst Menlo Park Calif; Picatinny Arsenal, Dover, N.J.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Final rept. 1 Jan-31 Dec 74.
NTIS Issue Number	197508
Contract Number	DAAA21-73-C-0487

HMX and RDX Synthesis.

HMX and RDX Synthesis.
ADA005654

Publication Date	1974
Personal Author	Coon, C. L.; Guimont, J. M.
Page Count	91
Abstract	The objective of this research was to find potentially inexpensive synthetic routes to HMX and RDX that offer advantages over the current procedures. The research covered in this report concerns additional work on the optimization of the amide-triazine process, the study of new procedures for the preparation of HMX, and the study of new nitrolysis procedures. The amide-triazine process was studied to determine the effect of pressure on other reaction parameters. the possible use of methyl phosphonamide, hydroxymethyl oxamide, and bis(chloromethyl)acetamide in the preparation of HMX precursors was studied. Nitrolysis of HMX and RDX precursors was carried out using a variety of N2)5 systems. Costs and economic evaluations of these innorations are discussed.
Keywords	RDX HMX Synthesis(Chemistry) Nitration Explosives Formaldehyde Amides Triazines Manufacturing Costs Pressure Chemical reactors Nuclear magnetic resonance(Carbon 13) Nitrolysis
Source Agency	Army
NTIS Subject Category	79A - Ammunition, Explosives, & Pyrotechnics 99D - Basic & Synthetic Chemistry 99B - Industrial Chemistry & Chemical Process Engineering
Corporate Authors	Stanford Research Inst Menlo Park Calif; Picatinny Arsenal, Dover, N.J.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Final rept. 1 Jan-31 Dec 74.
NTIS Issue Number	197508
Contract Number	DAAA21-73-C-0487