doi: 10.5028/jatm.2011.03010411 Gilson da Silva* National Industrial Property Institute Synthesis of 2,4,6-triamino-1,3,5- Rio de Janeiro – Brazil
[email protected] trinitrobenzene Elizabeth da Costa Mattos Abstract: The 2,4,6-triamino-1,3,5-trinitrobenzene (TATB) is perhaps the Institute of Aeronautics and Space most thermostable and insensitive explosive known. Its low sensibility to São José dos Campos – Brazil shock makes it suitable for military and civil applications. TATB application
[email protected] is done either alone or in combination with another high energetic material. This study aimed at reporting the review about many processes to produce *author for correspondence TATB and the problems associated with them, as well as suggest techniques like Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FT-IR) and Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC), which can be useful in the characterization of this energetic compound. Keywords: TATB, Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy, Differential Scanning Calorimetry, Plastic-bonded explosive. LIST OF SYMBOLS impact hazards is important. Other potential applications include the use of TATB as the booster or main charge TATB 2,4,6-triamino-1,3,5-trinitrobenzene explosives for down-hole oil perforation at elevated HE high explosive temperature surroundings (Lee, 1996). PBX plastic-bonded explosive HMX octogen TATB is a high explosive (HE) that can be combined with plastic binder to produce a plastic-bonded explosive RDX hexogen (PBX) composition, which is heat-resistant and highly TCB 1,3,5-trichlorobenzene insensitive. It is insoluble in organic solvents and has a TCTNB 1,3,5-trichloro-2,4,6-trinitrobenzene melting point above 400oC.