Energetic salts offer many advantages over conventional energetic molecular compounds. The use of nitrogen containing anions and cations contributes to high heats of formations and high densities. Their low carbon and hydrogen content gives rise to a good oxygen balance. The decomposition of these compounds is predominantly through the generation of dinitrogen which makes them very promising candidates for highly energetic materials for industrial or military applications.

Energetic nitrogen-rich salts and ionic liquids.

Energetische Salze bieten zahlreiche Vorteile gegenuber herkommlichen energetischen Molekulverbindungen. Die Verwendung von stickstoffhaltigen Kationen und Anionen tragt zu hoheren Bildungswarmen und Dichten bei, wobei durch den niedrigen Gehalt an Kohlenstoff und Wasserstoff auch eine gute Sauerstoffbilanz erzielt wird. Da bei der Zersetzung dieser stickstoffreichen Verbindungen ein groserer Anteil von Distickstoff entsteht, sind sie vielversprechende hochenergetische Materialien fur technische und militarische Anwendungen.

Stickstoffreiche energetische Salze und ionische Flüssigkeiten

A theoretical study of the structure and vibrations of 2,4,6-trinitrotolune

Many advantages accrue from nitrogen-rich heterocyclic compounds compared to traditional molecular energetic compounds. Utilization of heterocyclic nitrogen-containing cations and anions in energetic salts gives rise to lower vapor pressures, higher heats of formation and higher densities. Additionally, smaller amounts of hydrogen and carbon contribute to a better oxygen balance than normally is found with their carbocyclic analogues. Nitrogen-rich compounds are promising high energetic materials that may be more acceptable than their alternatives for both industrial and military uses since a higher percentage of their decomposition products will be dinitrogen.

Nitrogen-Rich Heterocycles

Atomic interactions between oxygen atoms have been analyzed in terms of the Theory of Atoms in Molecules for the biguanidium dinitramide and biguanidium bis-dinitramide crystals. The electron density has been derived from X-ray diffraction data obtained at 90 K, and the potential energy density has been calculated using the density functional approach. Bond critical points have been found on the O(1)···O(4) interatomic line in both the electron density and potential energy density gradient fields. The bond path and its associated virial path have been obtained. The interaction has been identified as a bonding closed-shell type interaction.

M.A. Tafipolsky

Papers

On the structure and spectra of dinitramide salts

Structure and vibrational spectra of dinitromethane and trinitromethane

Structure and vibrational spectra of the salts of mononitroalkanes