2,4,6‐Trinitrotoluene – A Useful Starting Compound in the Synthesis of Modern Energetic Compounds

This review presents history, properties, and environmental fate of 2,4,6‐trinitrotoluene (TNT). Industrial methods of TNT production are discussed, as are several energetic derivatives of TNT. The performances and applications of these TNT derivatives are also described.     

FAE战斗部毁伤威力评价的试验研究

利用基于靶板毁伤效应和超压-冲量准则的FAE战斗部毁伤威力评价方法,分别对三种不同起爆方式和燃料配方的FAE战斗部进行了毁伤威力评价的试验,并计算得到了相应的TNT威力当量值。结果表明,1#云爆弹在炸距3.8 m之后靶板的变形挠度大于同药量的RDX/TNT装药,在炸距3.8～4.2 m之间的TNT当量约为2.0;在炸距13～18 m之间,采用新型固液混合燃料的2#云爆弹的靶板变形挠度约为传统环氧丙烷燃料的3#云爆弹的1.4倍,TNT当量分别为3.75和2.96。     

TNT分子印迹聚合物微球的合成与性能研究

以三硝基甲苯(TNT)为模板分子,EDMA为交联剂,采用沉淀聚合法制备了TNT分子印迹微球.讨论了溶剂用量、模板分子用量、功能单体种类等对分子印迹微球的形貌及吸附性能的影响;利用紫外吸收光谱和BET表征了印迹聚合物微球的结合位点相互作用与印迹孔穴结构;通过平衡吸附和选择性吸附实验,研究了印迹聚合物微球的吸附性能和选择性识别性能.结果表明,以丙烯酰胺为功能单体制备的分子印迹聚合物为规则的球形,内部含有分子印迹孔穴,微球的粒径为1～2μm.印迹聚合物微球可在30 min内达到吸附平衡,在1 mmol/L的TNT乙醇溶液中,印迹聚合物微球的平衡吸附量为32.5 mmol/kg,对TNT分离系数为25.19,具有较好的特异性吸附能力,并可选择性识别TNT分子.     

New cyano functionalized silanes: aggregation‐induced emission enhancement properties and detection of 2,4,6‐trinitrotoluene

Two novel tetrahedral silicon‐centered cyano functionalized silanes, namely bis(4‐cyanophenylethynyl)dimethylsilane ( CN-1 ) and bis(4‐cyanophenylethynyl) diphenylsilane ( CN-2 ), have been synthesized and well characterized. They demonstrated unusual aggregation‐induced emission enhancement (AIEE) properties in the H‐type aggregation state with nanoparticle aggregate formation. Further study shows that the 4‐cyanophenylethynyl unit is the structure base to induce the AIEE phenomenon and the silicon core may enhance the AIEE effect. By single‐crystal analysis, the twisted tetrahedral conformation of silicon core and restricted intramolecular motions are speculated as the AIEE mechanism for these unusual H‐type aggregates of CN-1 and CN-2 . Moreover, both CN-1 and CN-2 show an obvious fluorescent quenching response to 2,4,6‐trinitrotoluene (TNT) in THF solution, making them promising candidates in the application of explosive detection. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

The Effect of Soil Moisture on the Ability to Detect TNT Pairs from the Sand Layer in Order to Prevent Environmental Pollution and Groundwater

The aim of the study was to investigate the influence of sand bed moisture on TNT transport from under the sand layer. The MO-2M explosive vapor detector was used, the detection mechanism of which is based on the FAIMS method. In addition, it was determined after what time the detector alarm appears, signaling the presence of TNT vapors, and how it affects the thickness of the sand layer. The performed work allowed us to assess the suitability and possibly adapt the MO-2M detector to detect non-metal mines, which will help develop new application possibilities for this device. These tests can also be used to eliminate environmental contamination resulting from the deposition of explosives in the ground and the migration of harmful compounds to groundwater.     

Highly Sensitive and Selective Fluorometric/Electrochemical Dual‐Channel Sensors for TNT and DNT Explosives

A novel electro‐active compound, TCAC , is synthesized and its electrochemical polymerized film is used to detect 2,4,6‐trinitrotoluene (TNT) and 2,4‐dinitrotoluene (DNT) explosives through a fluorometric/electrochemical dual‐channel sensor with high sensitivity and selectivity. In particular, the electrochemical sensor for the analysis of TNT had an enhanced sensitivity of 0.5 μM . The detection limit of the sensor was calculated to be 15 nM .     

TNT determination based on its degradation by immobilized HRP with electrochemical sensor

Based on the mechanism of 2,4,6-Trinitrotoluene (TNT) degradation, an amperometric hydrogen peroxide biosensor was constructed for the determination of trace amounts of TNT by immobilization of MWCNTs, HRP and Nafion onto the surface of glassy carbon electrode (GCE). The Nafion/MWCNTs/HRP biosensor was capable of degrading TNT with the consumption of H₂O₂ and HRP in 0.2 mol/L PBS (pH 7.0). Trace TNT was quantitative analyzed by the current decrease of H₂O₂ at the reductive potential of −0.35 V using cyclic voltammetry (CV). Effect of the ratio of MWCNTs/HRP, initial concentration of H₂O₂ and electrolyte’s pH were also optimized by CV. Under the optimal conditions, the current decrease of H₂O₂ that was consumed by TNT degradation was proportional to TNT ranging from 8.8 × 10⁻⁹ mol/L to 2.64 × 10⁻⁷ mol/L with a detection limit of 3.0 × 10⁻⁹ mol/L (S/N = 3). It developed a new way for simple, rapid and sensitive measurement of trace TNT.     

Selective spectrophotometric determination of TNT using a dicyclohexylamine-based colorimetric sensor

Because of the extremely heterogeneous distribution of explosives in contaminated soils, on-site colorimetric methods are efficient tools to assess the nature and extent of contamination. To meet the need for rapid and low-cost chemical sensing of explosive traces or residues in soil and post-blast debris, a colorimetric absorption-based sensor for trinitrotoluene (TNT) determination has been developed. The charge-transfer (CT) reagent (dicyclohexylamine, DCHA) is entrapped in a polyvinylchloride (PVC) polymer matrix plasticised with dioctylphtalate (DOP), and moulded into a transparent sensor membrane sliced into test strips capable of sensing TNT showing an absorption maximum at 530 nm when placed in a 1-mm spectrophotometer cell. The sensor gave a linear absorption response to 5-50 mg L⁻¹ TNT solutions in 30% aqueous acetone with limit of detection (LOD): 3 mg L⁻¹. The sensor is only affected by tetryl, but not by RDX, pentaerythritoltetranitrate (PETN), dinitrotoluene (DNT), and picric acid. The proposed method was statistically validated for TNT assay against high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) using a standard sample of Comp B. The developed sensor was relatively resistant to air and water, was of low-cost and high specificity, gave a rapid and reproducible response, and was suitable for field use of TNT determination in both dry and humid soil and groundwater with a portable colorimeter.     

亚细胞器诱导的2,4,6-三硝基甲苯阴离子自由基的ESR研究

本文在无氧条件下利用ESR分别观察了肝脏和晶状体的微粒体及线粒体酶在NADPH存在下还原三硝基甲苯(TNT)的过程,检测到参数为g=2.0048±0.0005,A_对位^N=1.215mT,A_对位^N=0.800±0.010mT,A^H=0.122±0.0206mT的自由基信号,并通过电子计算机对ESR谱的模拟证明该自由基信号为TNT硝基阴离子自由基,根据其超精细分裂常数认为,其不配对电子的电子云密度主要分布在对位硝基上。     

Thermal stability of the crystallisation nucleant

The 2,2',4,4',6,6'hexanitrostilbene, HNS, nucleant, used in the crystallisation of 2,4,6,trinitrotoluene, TNT, was precipitated from molten TNT and examined by differential scanning calorimetry, DSC, at several stages during purification by vacuum sublimation. During purification a broad endotherm, associated with nucleant decomposition, which could be resolved into two endotherms, depending on the sublimation temperature, was observed. Pure nucleant prepared at 70C showed a similar behaviour during thermal annealing for extended periods of time at >85C. Thus TNT, retained in the recrystallised HNS nucleant, may be migrating during the purification process or may occupy a range of lattice sites, which exhibit different activation energies for migration to the surface of the solid during thermal decomposition of the nucleant. Loss of TNT from the nucleant, during purification, could produce some free HNS. The activation energy for nucleant decomposition, which may be a two-stage processes with the initial mobility of the TNT being the limiting reaction, was estimated to be 210 kJ mol^–. The lattice sites available for the TNT in the host HNS nucleant require elucidation and are the subject of further studies to be published at a later date.