Analysis of the products of the natural decay of high explosives by subterahertz and infrared Fourier spectroscopy

Abstract

Infrared Fourier spectra and spectra in the range of subterahertz frequencies (sub-THz) for the vapor phase over solid samples of high explosives (technical trinitrotoluene, nitroglycerine, and hexogen) were studied experimentally. The results from identifying products of the natural decay of high explosives by infrared Fourier and sub-THz spectroscopy are compared.