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Preparation and Reactivity of Gasless Nanostructured Energetic Materials
Published on: April 2, 2015
New High Pressure Phases of Energetic Material TEX: Evidence from Raman Spectroscopy, X-ray Diffraction, and
Rajitha Rajan1, T R Ravindran1, V Venkatesan2
1Materials Science Group, HBNI , Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research , Kalpakkam 603102 , India.
Abstract:
Samples of energetic material TEX (C6H6N4O8) are studied using Raman spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction (XRD) up to 27 GPa pressure. There are clear changes in the Raman spectra and XRD patterns around 2 GPa related to a conformational change in the TEX molecule, and a phase transformation above 11 GPa. The molecular structures and vibrational frequencies of TEX are calculated by density functional theory based Gaussian 09W and CASTEP programs. The computed frequencies compare well with Raman spectroscopic results. Mode assignments are carried out using the vibrational energy distribution analysis program and are also visualized in the Materials Studio package. Raman spectra of the high pressure phases indicate that the sensitivity of these phases is more than that of the ambient phase.
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