Nitrated organic explosives

M.L. Miller, R. Mothershead J. Leibowitz K. Mount and R. Martz The Analysis of nitrated organic explosives by LC/MS Additive enhancement. In Proc. 45th ASMS Conference on mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics, Palm Springs, CA, 1997, p. 52. 

Analysis of nitrated organic explosives by microchip electrophoresis... 

Nitroaromatic explosives and other nitrated organic explosives are under the normal conditions neutral compounds and therefore cannot be separated directly by capillary zone electrophoresis (CZE) technique. Another separation vector must be introduced in order to achieve the resolution between the solutes. Micellar electrokinetic chromatography (MEKC) is typically employed on microchip scene for separation of nitroaromatic explosives. 

APPLICATIONS OF MICROFLUIDIC DEVICES FOR MONITORING OF NITRATED ORGANIC EXPLOSIVES... 

A. Crowson, R.W. Hiley, T. Ingham, T. Mccreedy, A.J. Pilgrim, A. Townshend, Investigation into the detection of nitrated organic compounds and explosives by direct chemiluminescent emission during thermally induced gas phase decomposition reactions , Anal. Commun. 34 (1997) 213-216. 

Most organic explosives contain nitrate ester, nitramine, or aliphatic or aromatic C-nitro functionality. Explosives containing azide, peroxide, azo functionality etc are a minor class and amount to less than 4-5% of the total number of known explosives. Since this book is focused on discussing the various ways in which each of these functional groups can be incorporated into a compound, the organization of Chapters and Sections in this book is straightforward and is as follows ... 

Yet another important feature of inorganic oxidisers such as potassium nitrate rests with the nature of the atoms forming the chemical bonds. Many pyrotechnic compositions rely on chlorates, perchlorates or nitrates as high-energy oxidisers whilst high explosives commonly are based on nitrated organic substances. The reason for this lies with the electronegativity of the atoms concerned. 

Oxidant. The tetrammine and tetrahydrazine complexes are explosive. See AMMINEMETAL NITRATES, METAL NITRATES Organic matter... 

Uses of nitric acid. Most of the nitric acid produced is used in the manufacture of explosives. This is done either by converting the acid into its salts, the nitrates, or by using the acid in the nitration certain organic compounds. Some of these nitrated organic substances are used as explosives, while others are used in the manufacture of dyes, pharmaceuticals, and so forth. Nitric acid is used also in the production of fertilizers and many other chemicals. 

AETHYLAMINE (German) (75-04-7) Forms explosive mixture with air (flash point 3°F/—16 C). The aqueous solution is a strong organic base. Violent reaction with strong oxidizers. Reacts violently with strong acids, strong oxidizers, cellulose nitrate, organic... 

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