High-Pressure Study of Two Polymorphs of 2,4,6-Trinitrotoluene Using Neutron Powder Diffraction and Density Functional Theory Methods

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作者
Konar, Sumit [1 ,2 ]
Michalchuk, Adam A. L. [1 ,2 ,4 ]
Sen, Nilgun [1 ,2 ,5 ]
Bull, Craig L. [3 ]
Morrison, Carole A. [1 ,2 ]
Pulham, Colin R. [1 ,2 ]
机构
[1] Univ Edinburgh, EaStCHEM Sch Chem, Kings Bldg,David Brewster Rd, Edinburgh EH9 3FJ, Midlothian, Scotland
[2] Univ Edinburgh, Ctr Sci Extreme Condit, Kings Bldg,David Brewster Rd, Edinburgh EH9 3FJ, Midlothian, Scotland
[3] STFC Rutherford Appleton Lab, ISIS Neutron & Muon Facil, Didcot OX11 0QX, Oxon, England
[4] BAM Fed Inst Mat Res & Testing, Richard Willstaetter Str 11, D-12489 Berlin, Germany
[5] Turkish Natl Police Acad, Inst Forens Sci, Ankara, Turkey
基金
英国工程与自然科学研究理事会;
关键词
MOLECULAR-CRYSTALS; AB-INITIO; HMX; DECOMPOSITION; SPECTROSCOPY; INITIATION; MECHANISM; RAMAN; BETA;
D O I
10.1021/acs.jpcc.9b07658
中图分类号
O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
学科分类号
070304 ; 081704 ;
摘要
A high-pressure neutron diffraction study was conducted on polycrystalline samples of the two known polymorphs of 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene [monoclinic (m) and orthorhombic (o) TNT] under hydrostatic conditions. Isothermal equations of state were obtained for both polymorphic forms. Neither polymorph was observed to undergo a phase transition in the pressure region 0-5 GPa, with both polymorphs displaying smooth compression behavior across the pressure range. This differs somewhat from previous X-ray diffraction and Raman spectroscopy investigations in which discontinuities were observed in the P-V curves and spectral changes were reported at similar to 2 GPa. The high-pressure response of these materials is supported by dispersion-corrected density functional theory calculations which, while overestimating the experimental bulk moduli, give excellent agreement with the observed smooth compression response of both phases.
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页码:26095 / 26105
页数:11
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