Prediction of CL-20 chemical degradation pathways, theoretical and experimental evidence for dependence on competing modes of reaction

SAR and QSAR in Environmental Research

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 495-515

  Qasim, M ^a   Fredrickson, H ^a   Honea, P ^a   Furey, J ^a   Leszczynski, J ^c   Okovytyy, S ^b,c   Szecsody, J ^d   Kholod, Y ^b,c  

^a US ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

^b OLES HONCHAR DNIPRO NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Ukraine)

^c JACKSON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alkaline hydrolysis; CL 20; Competing degradation mechanisms; Photochemical degradation; Spectroscopy; Theoretical prediction

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; BYPRODUCTS; DEGRADATION; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; FREE RADICALS; HYDROLYSIS; MOLECULAR ORBITALS; REACTION KINETICS;

ALKALINE HYDROLYSIS; CHEMICAL DEGRADATION; CL-20; COMPETING DEGRADATION MECHANISM; DEGRADATION MECHANISM; DEGRADATION PATHWAYS; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; LOWEST UNOCCUPIED MOLECULAR ORBITAL; PHOTOCHEMICAL DEGRADATION; THEORETICAL PREDICTION;

FREE RADICAL REACTIONS;

EID: 30944453490     PISSN: 1062936X     EISSN: 1029046X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10659360500320453     Document Type: Article

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