Using Synchrotron Radiation to Study the Effect of Irradiation on the Thermal Transformation of Hexaaminonitrowurtzitane Crystals

Small-angle scattering of synchrotron radiation is used to study thermal transformations of ε-form hexanitrohexaazaisowurtzitane crystals subjected to electron beam processing. It is shown the destruction of crystals treated with an electron beam begins far below the point of the polymorphic transition. A conclusion is drawn about the effect products of radiolysis have on the destruction of the crystals. A mechanism of crystal destruction is proposed.