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Optical Properties of RDX and HMX

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2011

R. A. Isbell  and
M. Q. Brewster
R. A. Isbell
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering University of Illinois Urbana, Illinois 61801
M. Q. Brewster
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering University of Illinois Urbana, Illinois 61801
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Abstract

Optical properties of RDX (cyclotrimethylene-trinitramine) and HMX (cyclotetramethylenetetranitramine) were obtained from 2.5 to 18 gtm using scattering-corrected KBr pellet-FTIR transmission spectrometry. Absorption index (k) was measured directly and refractive index (n) was deduced using dispersion theory. At 10.6 μm the absorption coefficients were RDX, 2800 cm−1 and HMX, 5670 cm−1.

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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 418: Symposium GG – Decomposition, Combustion, and Detonation Chemistry of Energetic Materials , 1995 , 85
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1996

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