Kinetics and mechanism of the exothermic first-stage decomposition reaction for 1,4-dinitro-3,6-bis(trinitroethyl) glycoluril

Under linear temperature increase condition the thermal behaviour, mechanism and kinetic parameters of the exothermic first-stage decomposition reaction of the title compound have been studied by means of DSC, TG-DTG and IR. The reaction mechanism could be expressed by the following