Química Nova (Jul 2006)

Caracterização de 2,2',4,4',6,6'-hexanitroestilbeno via análises instrumentais Characterization of 2,2',4,4',6,6'-hexanitrostilbene by instrumental analysis

  • Gilson da Silva,
  • Glaci Ferreira Martins Pinheiro,
  • Koshun Iha,
  • Rita de Cássia Lazzarini Dutra,
  • Marta Ferreira Koyama Takahashi,
  • Tiago Balestra dos Reis

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/S0100-40422006000400010
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 29, no. 4
pp. 681 – 684

Abstract

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2,2',4,4',6,6'-hexanitrostilbene (HNS) is a very important high explosive that is used in a range of military, aerospace and industrial formulations owing to its suitable properties. It is an insensitive and thermaly stable explosive that can be produced from 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT). This paper shows the characterization of synthesized HNS by different techniques, such as elementary analysis, differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), thermogravimetric analysis (TG), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) and through the determination of the heat of combustion in a calorimeter.

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