Determination of polymer content in energetic materials by FT-IR

• Main Authors: Elizabeth C. Mattos, Milton Faria Diniz, Nanci M. Nakamura, Rita de Cássia L. Dutra
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Departamento de Ciência e Tecnologia Aeroespacial 2009-06-01
• Series: Journal of Aerospace Technology and Management
• Subjects: Explosives; HMX; FT-IR; TG; ATR; Viton quantification
• Online Access: http://www.jatm.com.br/papers/vol1_n2/JATMv1n2_p167-175_Determination_of_polymer_content_in_energetic_materials_by_FT-IR.pdf

A new methodology was developed to characterize and to quantify the polymer content in PBX (HMX/Viton) by Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FT-IR), using the Termogravimetric analysis (TG) as reference techniques for the quantitative method. The quantification methodology, proposed by us, using the Fourier transform infrared-attenuated total reflectance (FT-IR/ATR) showed excellent results, being faster than the usual methodologies and can eliminate the generation of chemical residues.