ISIS Neutron and Muon Source Data Journal

An exploration of the vibrational properties of energetic materials using Inelastic Neutron Spectroscopy

Abstract: We have initiated a new research programme that seeks to correlate features of the crystal structures of energetic materials (explosives, propellants) with their sensitivities to initiation by impact and shock. The ultimate aim is to develop a methodology for predicting the sensitivities of energetic materials based on their crystal structures. The development and validation of such a model would be of immense value to industrial and academic efforts to produce safer materials, and the approach has the potential to revolutionise the targeted design of materials. The firts aim is to investigate experimentally the vibrational properties of selected energetic materials for the validation and enhancement of theoretical models of impact and shock sensitivity using inelastic neutron scattering. The second aim is to validate the calculations of vibrational properties in molecular materials.

Principal Investigator: Professor Colin Pulham
Experimenter: Dr Nilgun SEN
Experimenter: Professor Stewart Parker
Experimenter: Dr Adam Michalchuk
Experimenter: Mr Karl Hope
Local Contact: Dr Svemir Rudic
Experimenter: Dr Carole Morrison

DOI: 10.5286/ISIS.E.RB1710382

ISIS Experiment Number: RB1710382

Publisher: STFC ISIS Neutron and Muon Source

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