title: Investigation of the explosive hazard of mixtures containing hydrogen peroxide and different alcohols.
abstract: The explosive properties of mixtures of aqueous hydrogen peroxide (H(2)O(2)) and different alcohols (R-OH) like 2-propanol (2-PropOH), 2-methyl-2-propanol (TBA), 2-methyl-2-butanol (TAA) and 2-methyl-2-pentanol (THA) were investigated. Among others, the potential hazard of such mixtures may be characterized by their ability to react by different mechanisms of an explosion in the condensed phase, e.g. the thermal explosion or the detonation. Accordingly, the mixtures were experimentally investigated either by heating them up under confinement in different autoclaves or by exposing them to a shock wave impact applying the steel tube test. The results are discussed and compared to literature data.
authors.affiliation: Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und prüfung (BAM), Division II.2 "Reactive Substances and Systems", Unter den Eichen 87, D-12205 Berlin, Germany. andreas.schreck@bam.de
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Schreck
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Knorr
authors.forename: K D
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Wehrstedt
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Wandrey
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Gmeinwieser
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Steinbach
mesh_terms: D000438:Alcohols; D005107:Explosions; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide / Q000737:chemistry*; D016877:Oxidants / Q000737:chemistry*; D018570:Risk Assessment; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: D000438:Alcohols; D016877:Oxidants; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide