Kinetic modeling, hazard evaluation reaction

A study of the kinetics of thermal decomposition reactions using pentaerythritol tetranitrate(PETN), a high explosive, as the model substance was first conducted by SC-DSC. In this study, information was obtained that was relative to the characteristics of the DSC technique. However, the question as to how the results of analyses of this type were useful for practical work arose, and studies in this area were stopped. Subsequently, studies have proceeded on the evaluation of hazards by collecting as much data on self-reactive substances as possible. 

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