After considering the conditions for, and reactions during, ordinary combustion, the connection of explosion with combustion ... explosives,” where the decomposition is initiated and propagated ...

TATB (1,3,5-triamino-2,4,6-trinitrobenzene) is an important explosive compound because ... measurements of IHE. "This new decomposition reaction of TATB has traditionally been overlooked in ...

An investigation by the EPA determined the explosion was initiated by an “accelerated thermal decomposition reaction” as a direct result of unsafe operating procedures and conditions at the plant.