Explosives under pressure - the crystal structure of gamma-RDX as determined by high-pressure X-ray and neutron diffraction

Alistair J. Davidson; Iain D.H. Oswald; Duncan J. Francis; Alistair R. Lennie; William G. Marshall; David I.A. Millar; Colin R. Pulham; John E. Warren

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Explosives under pressure - the crystal structure of gamma-RDX as determined by high-pressure X-ray and neutron diffraction

Alistair J. Davidson, Iain D.H. Oswald, Duncan J. Francis, Alistair R. Lennie, William G. Marshall, David I.A. Millar, Colin R. Pulham, John E. Warren

Strathclyde Institute Of Pharmacy And Biomedical Sciences

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Using a combination of X-ray single crystal and neutron powder diffraction, the crystal structure of the high-pressure gamma-form of RDX has been determined at 5.2 GPa and shows that the RDX molecules adopt different conformations compared to the conformation found in the ambient-pressure alpha-form.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	162-165
Number of pages	3
Journal	CrystEngComm
Volume	10
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1039/b715677b
Publication status	Published - 2008

Keywords

hydrostatic compression
energetic materials
cell
explosives
crystal structure
neutron diffraction

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