Determination of the HMX and RDX content in synthesized energetic material by HPLC, FT-MIR, and FT-NIR spectroscopies

A new method has been developed for determining the content of mixtures of octahydro-1,3,5,7-tetranitro-1,3,5,7-tetrazocine (HMX) and hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazine (RDX), the HMX/RDX ratio, in explosive compositions by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), in the regions MIR (mid infrared) and NIR (near infrared) with reference values obtained by chromatographic analysis (HPLC). Plots of relative MIR (A917 / A783) or NIR absorbance values (A4412 / A4317) versus HMX/RDX ratio determined by HPLC analysis revealed good linear relationships.

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Main Authors: Mattos,Elizabeth C., Moreira,Enézio D., Dutra,Rita C. L., Diniz,Milton F., Ribeiro,Ana Paula, Iha,Koshun
Format: Digital revista
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Química 2004
Online Access:http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-40422004000400005
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