| Publication Date |
1988 |
| Personal Author |
Licht, H. H.; Wanders, B.; Ritter, H. |
| Page Count |
26 |
| Abstract |
A detailed study of the formation of trinitropyridine-1-oxide (TNPyOx) from dinitroethanol pointed towards a path to the as yet unknown trinitropyridine (TNPy). This made nitropyridines accessible which can not be obtained by direct nitration. The new substances could be characterized by analytical methods and their spectral data (IR, UV and NMR). The synthesis evolved to such a point that sufficient substance amounts became available for a determination of the most important physical, thermal and explosive properties. Calculations of their maximal detonation rates (TNPy : 7,880; TNPyOx : 8,450) and their Gurney constants (TNPy : 2.64; TNPyOx : 2.79) based on theory make it possible to predict that here are two new explosives with a power exceeding that of TNT or Composition B. |
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| Source Agency |
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| NTIS Subject Category |
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| Corporate Authors |
Institut Franco-Allemand de Recherches, Saint-Louis (France).; Direction des Recherches, Etudes et Techniques, Paris (France). Centre de |
| Supplemental Notes |
Text in German; summary in French and English. Sponsored by Direction des Recherches, Etudes et Techniques, Paris (France). Centre de Documentation de l'Armement. |
| Document Type |
Technical Report |
| NTIS Issue Number |
198905 |