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Nitromethane has been studied as a model of energetic alphatic nitro compounds. The initiation of the decomposition mechanism of nitromethane in the vicinity of its explosive decomposition pressure conditions has been studied under high static pressure at ambient temperature by Raman spectroscopy. The vibrational modes νa(NO2) and, to a lesser degree, νs(NO2) show a specific behavior at the solid (II)–solid (III) 7.5 GPa transition (at ambient temperature). A comparison of the Raman spectrum of nitromethane-h3 with new high pressure Raman spectroscopic results for nitromethane-d3 and nitroethane allows one to characterize the physico chemical behavior of these three compounds in relation to their detonic properties.
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Courtecuisse et al. (1998) studied this question.
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