UNSW@ADFA Chemistry Seminar Series

Friday 14 November 2008, 11.10 P25 PEMS Sth (Bldg 26)

Speaker: Thomas Monks-Corrigan

Final Honours Seminar
Spectral hole-burning studies of Manganese(IV) in crystals and nanoparticles

 

Friday 16 November 2007, 11.10 P25 PEMS Sth (Bldg 26)

Speaker: Christie Underwood, PEMS honours student

The Investigation and Characterisation of a New Potential Insensitive Munition Derived from the Electrochemical Reduction of the Explosive NTO

 

Friday 29 June 2007, 11.10am P25 PEMS Sth (Bldg 26)

Speakers: Aaron Schurink and Christie Underwood, PEMS Honours students

The investigation and characterization of a new potential insensitive munition derived from the electrochemical reduction of NTO

SBLT Christie Underwood

This presentation will provide an insight into research being conducted at the PEMS school of Chemistry in the field of explosives. It will outline details of the honours project concerned with the investigation and characterisation of a new potential insensitive munition derived from the electrochemical reduction of Nitrotriazolone (NTO).

NTO is a new insensitive explosive currently being considered for production by Australian Defence Industries (ADI) as a means of meeting the Australian military insensitive munition (IM) compliance policy standards. This follows a trend by industries world wide concerned with the use of explosives, towards the introduction of insensitive materials for improving personnel safety and cost efficiency.

Electrochemical studies of NTO previously conducted at UNSW@ADFA have focused on anodic oxidation, which was found to be an efficient method of waste water remediation. However, the electrochemical reduction of NTO resulted in the formation of an unknown compound. The prospect of this compound exhibiting explosive properties is quite likely considering its chemical composition. Thus, a new investigative direction has stemmed from the original project, whereby the characterisation and determination of the explosive properties of the new compound will be investigated.

 

Time: Thursday 2 March 2006, 11.10 am
Place: P25 PEMS Sth

Presenter: Mikael Lund
Department of Theoretical Chemistry, University of Lund, Sweden

Electrostatic Models for Biological Macromolecules

Mikael is a PhD student, currently visiting PEMS as our inaugural Solander Scholar.  He is working with Cliff Woodward on electrostatic modeling  of proteins and other biological macromolecules.  Of particular interest is the use of dielectric models and computer simulations to study protein titration and protein-protein interactions.

 

 

Assoc. Prof. Cliff Woodward
School of PEMS
UNSW@ADFA

tel: (02) 6268 8318
email: c.woodward@adfa.edu.au