Title

Degradation Of Triacetone Triperoxide (Tatp) Using Mechanically Alloyed Mg/Pd

Keywords

Degradation; Mg/Pd; TATP

Abstract

A heterogenous catalytic system consisting of mechanically alloyed Mg/Pd particles has been used to degrade the peroxide explosive, triacetone triperoxide (TATP). The degradation of the TATP with the Mg/Pd particles (half life of 1.2 × 101 min) was compared to the degradation with microscale Mg particles (half life of 1.7 × 103 min) and 10% Pd on activated carbon (half life of 8.7 × 102 min). Combining the Mg and Pd on carbon (Pd/C) through a mechanical alloying process is shown to produce reactive particles that can be used to degrade TATP. The major product of the degradation of TATP with mechanically alloyed Mg/Pd particles was acetone. A material balance for carbon was also calculated for the degradation reaction with 94±5% (mean ± standard deviation) of the TATP carbons accounted for in the production of acetone. © 2010 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH&Co. KGaA, Weinheim.

Publication Date

3-1-2010

Publication Title

Propellants, Explosives, Pyrotechnics

Volume

35

Issue

2

Number of Pages

100-104

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1002/prep.200900011

Socpus ID

77950848215 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/77950848215

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