The thermal-decomposition parameters of unplasticized and nitrate ester plasticized polyester polyurethane elastomers with unsaturated carbon-carbon bonds in the initial state and after irradiation with doses of 120-380 kGy (γ-quanta 60 Co) were determined using dynamic thermogravimetry and differential scanning calorimetry.A method for producing condensed energetic systems based on polymers is the use of nitroglycerin and others nitrate esters as plasticizers [1]. The thermodynamic compatibility of nitroglycerin with polyurethanes was studied in [2]. Exposure of such systems to ionizing radiation, which, in particular, can be regarded as a method of modifying their properties without chemicalcomposition changes has been little studied previously.In the present paper, we give results of a study of the thermal decomposition kinetics of the starting and γ-irradiated samples of polyester urethane (PEU) [2], which contains C C bonds, and unplasticized (É-1) and nitrate ester (É-2 andÉ-3) plasticized elastomers based on it. The density of the stating PEU is 1190 kg/m 3 at a temperature of 298 K, and its characteristic viscosity (acetone) is 0.04 m 3 /kg. As plasticizers we used nitroglycerin (É-2) and a mixture of nitrate esters -diethylene glycol dinitrate and triethylene glycol dinitrate (É-3). The mass concentrations of the plasticizers inÉ-2 andÉ-3 elastomers was 75%. The elastomer samples were cured at T = 313 K for 14 days; a nitrile oxide curing agent was used.The thermal decomposition of PEU and elastomers was studied on a Derivatograph thermal analyzer [3] and a DSM-2 differential scanning calorimeter (DSC) [4]. The experiments on the derivatographs were performed at atmospheric pressure in air and in a nitrogen atmosphere in the temperature range T = 293-873 K. The 1 Federal Center for Dual-Use Technologies "Soyuz," Dzerzhinskii 140090; fcdt@monnet.ru.initial mass (m 0 ) of the samples was 50 mg. The limiting errors in measuring the temperature and current mass of the samples were ±3 K and ±1 mg, respectively; the average heating rates of the samples in the decomposition temperature range was 0.21-0.27 K/sec. Experiments on the DSM-2 device were performed with samples of initial mass 1-2 mg in air and in nitrogen using unsealed aluminum crucibles. In most of the experiments, the heating rates were 0.11 and 0.22 K/sec. The sample temperature was determined with the maximum error of ±2 K. The materials studied were irradiated on a γ-facility using 60 Co radiation at T = (300 ± 2) K without access of air. The absorbed dose rate determined using the calorimetric method [5] was (0.20 ± 0.01) Gy/sec. The samples were irradiated to maximum doses of D = 380 kGy (for PEU andÉ-1 elastomer) and D = 120 kGy (forÉ-2 andÉ-3 elastomers). The time interval between the cessation of irradiation and the beginning of the experiments was 0.5-48 h. During this interval, the samples were stored in a sealed container at a temperature of (279 ± 1) K.The PEU studied was exposed to intense radiation cross linking. The beginning of gel...