La nitrocelulosa en explosivos: propiedades y caracterización química

  1. Rasines Ladero, Rubén
  2. García Ruiz, Carmen
  3. López López, María
  4. Torre Roldán, María Mercedes
Revista:
Anales de Química de la RSEQ

ISSN: 1575-3417

Año de publicación: 2009

Número: 4

Páginas: 265-270

Tipo: Artículo

Otras publicaciones en: Anales de Química de la RSEQ

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Resumen

Nitrocellulose, discovered by Schönbein in 1846, has different applications depending mainly on its manufacturing process and its degree of nitration. The nitrocellulose with a high degree of nitration (> 12 %) is used in smokeless powder and dynamites. To date, few studies on characterization and analytical determination of nitrocellulose in explosives have been performed. With this objective, spectrometric and separation techniques, as well as thermal analysis, are very often employed. Nevertheless, the enormous chemical and structural heterogeneity of the nitrocellulose makes its analysis a current challenging task.