Accession Number:

ADA056618

Title:

Analysis of 2,2',4,4',6,6'-Hexanitrostilbene (HNS) by High Performance Liquid Chromatography.

Descriptive Note:

Final rept.,

Corporate Author:

NAVAL SURFACE WEAPONS CENTER WHITE OAK LAB SILVER SPRING MD

Personal Author(s):

• Kayser,Eleonore G.

Report Date:

1978-03-14

Pagination or Media Count:

20.0

Abstract:

A high performance liquid chromatographic HPLC method for the determination of HNS is described. A reverse-phase micro column was used with a methanoldistilled water mobile phase in a ratio of 23 by volume. This method is capable of separating all known by-product impurities resulting from the preparation of HNS by the Shipp Process. Assays of HNS and 2,2,4,4,6,6-Hexanitrobibenzyl HNBiB, the major impurity, can be obtained in less than 40 minutes. Accurate analyses or - 2 of HNS and all known by-products can be made in about 90 minutes. Author

Descriptors:

• *EXPLOSIVES
• *LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY
• IMPURITIES
• PHENYL RADICALS
• ETHYLENES
• NITRATES

Subject Categories:

• Organic Chemistry
• Ammunition and Explosives

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE