
%0 Journal Article
%A Batten, JJ 
%A Murdie, DC 
%T The thermal decomposition of RDX at temperatures below the melting point. II. Activation energy
%J Australian Journal of Chemistry
%D 1970/04/01
%V 23
%N 4
%P 749-755
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/CH9700749
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/CH9700749 
%X The activation energy has been determined in the temperature range 170-198º. If the sample was spread the activation energy was independent of the definition of the kinetic parameter substituted in the Arrhenius equation and was 63 kcal mole-1. In the case of the unspread samples the activation energies of the induction, acceleration, and maximum rates were 49, 43, and 62 kcal mole-1 respectively. The effect that sample geometry has on the activation energy is attributed to gaseous decomposition products influencing the reaction. 
