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Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear
Yong Kou, Peng Luo, Lei Xiao, Yanping Xin, Guangpu Zhang, Yubing Hu, Hongxu Gao, Fengqi Zhao, Wei Jiang, Gazi Hao
Summary: Quantitative analysis of the dispersion of nanomaterials has always been a challenge. This study successfully established a difference equation based on the UV absorbance difference of nanocatalytic materials, which is capable of quantifying the dispersion of nano-Fe2O3 in composites.
DALTON TRANSACTIONS
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Applied
Narges Zohari, Faezeh Ghiasvand Mohammadkhani, Zahra Zabet, Fatemeh Abrishami, Seyed Ghorban Hosseini
Summary: A novel cocrystal of HMX and AP was successfully synthesized and characterized in this study. The crystal structure of the cocrystal was found to be different from the raw materials, and it exhibited improved performance in terms of density, detonation velocity, and detonation pressure.
JOURNAL OF ENERGETIC MATERIALS
(2022)
Article
Thermodynamics
Leo Courty, Philippe Gillard, Jordan Ehrhardt, Barbara Baschung
Summary: This article investigates the ignition and combustion parameters of two commercial insensitive propellants, finding that argon enhances combustion efficiency and nitrocellulose-based propellants are more reactive than RDX-based ones.
COMBUSTION AND FLAME
(2021)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Pavel S. Gribov, Natalia N. Kondakova, Natalia N. Il'icheva, Evgenia R. Stepanova, Anatoly P. Denisyuk, Vladimir A. Sizov, Varvara D. Dotsenko, Dmitry B. Vinogradov, Pavel V. Bulatov, Valery P. Sinditskii, Kyrill Yu. Suponitsky, Mikhail M. Il'in, Mukhamed L. Keshtov, Aleksei B. Sheremetev
Summary: In this study, a method for synthesizing energetic polymers containing furazan, 1,2,3-triazole rings, and nitramine groups in the polymer chain was developed using dialkyne and diazide comonomers with explosophoric groups. The method is solvent- and catalyst-free, simple, and effective, making it a promising tool for the synthesis of energetic polymers. The resulting polymer was fully characterized and showed potential as a binder base for energetic materials, surpassing nitrocellulose in several properties.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Jatinder Singh, Sohan Lal, Richard J. Staples, Jean'ne M. Shreeve
Summary: The functionalization of planar aromatic rings is a straightforward and cost-effective process compared with other complex structures. The synthesis of N,N'-(4,6-dinitro-1,3-phenylene)dinitramide by a single-step nitration shows promising density and thermal stability. The energetic salts produced from this compound exhibit high densities and acceptable thermal sensitivities, making them potential new high-energy materials.
MATERIALS CHEMISTRY FRONTIERS
(2022)
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Nihan Chen, Chunlin He, Siping Pang
Summary: Additive manufacturing (AM), or 3D printing, allows for fast and accurate fabrication of energetic materials with complex structures. Different AM techniques can create high-energy materials with controllable nanostructures and uniformly dispersed ingredients, while retaining their combustion and mechanical properties.
JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear
Yanzhou Qu, Wen Qian, Jianhu Zhang, Feiyan Gong, Zhengfeng Xie, Zhijian Yang, Fude Nie, Xu Zhao
Summary: This study demonstrates that a co-particle strategy involving the assembly of RDX and TATB can greatly enhance the impact safety performance and delayed exothermic decomposition temperature of the material.
DALTON TRANSACTIONS
(2022)
Article
Engineering, Aerospace
Jay V. Evans, Brandon T. Reid, Rohan M. Gejji, Carson D. Slabaugh
Summary: The instantaneous fuel regression rate within a solid-fuel ramjet combustor was characterized using X-ray radiography and ultrasonic transducer measurements. The experiments showed that the fuel regression rate remained largely invariant with the mass flux. X-ray radiography provided more accurate measurements while ultrasonic transducer measurements yielded higher spatial resolution.
JOURNAL OF PROPULSION AND POWER
(2023)
Article
Energy & Fuels
Diandian Zhai, Congming Ma, Peng Ma, Yong Pan, Lina Hao, Xuqin Liu, Juncheng Jiang
Summary: By incorporating different groups into the RDX framework, 30 nitramines were designed, showing improved density, detonation properties, and oxygen balance compared to traditional RDX. The number of nitrogen atoms in energetic groups plays a key role in determining properties such as heat of formation, thermodynamic parameters, and standard molar entropy.
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Yongxing Tang, Ziwei An, Ajay Kumar Chinnam, Richard J. Staples, Jean'ne M. Shreeve
Summary: 3,6-Diamino-1H-[1,2,4]triazolo[4,3-b][1,2,4]triazole and its energetic salts were designed and synthesized based on a fused-triazole backbone with superior thermostability. The compounds exhibit high thermal stability and promising potential as building blocks for very thermally stable energetic materials.
NEW JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Yiyi Xiao, Hui Huang, Xueyan Zhao, Pangangjing Zou, Liyuan Wei, Yu Liu, Bo Jin, Rufang Peng, Shiliang Huang
Summary: Surface structures and properties are essential for materials' bulk properties and applications. In this study, thermal stability of the CL-20/MTNP cocrystal was investigated using in situ morphology and crystal structure characterization techniques. Surprisingly, the cocrystal showed low thermal stability with decomposition starting at 100°C and transformation into γ-CL-20. A surface-induced decomposition mechanism was proposed based on surface and crystal structure analysis, providing a new perspective on the thermal stability of energetic cocrystals.
CRYSTAL GROWTH & DESIGN
(2023)
Article
Thermodynamics
Ling Chen, Qiang Li, Liangyou Zhao, Fengqiang Nan, Jie Liu, Xijin Wang, Feiyun Chen, Ziqiang Shao, Weidong He
Summary: This study prepared energetic RDX@CNFs composites and applied them in gun propellant to enhance mechanical properties and sensitivity. The addition of CNFs improved impact strength, compression strength, and tensile strength, as well as increased impact and electrostatic spark sensitivities of the propellant without affecting combustion behavior.
COMBUSTION AND FLAME
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Applied
Yi-Hsien Lin, Syuan-Yu Chen, Tsung-Mao Yang, Tsao-Fa Yeh
Summary: This study investigated the performance characteristics of nitramine-based gun propellants using TEGDN as an energetic plasticizer through experimental methods. The results showed that these gun propellant samples had good chemical stability and compatibility, with explosion heat similar to JA2 gun propellant and lower sensitivity. Additionally, their compressive strength was better than that of JA2 gun propellant.
PROPELLANTS EXPLOSIVES PYROTECHNICS
(2023)
Article
Thermodynamics
Lan Jiang, Hui Li, Ruibing Lv, Jinxing Wang, Siwei Song, Nan Sun, Michael Gozin, Kangcai Wang, Qinghua Zhang
Summary: The development of halogen-free nitramine-based green solid propellants has attracted significant interest, and the use of suitable combustion catalysts has been explored to improve their burn rates and pressure generation. A new nitrogen-rich open framework compound 1 was synthesized and evaluated as an efficient Pb-free combustion catalyst for HMX-nitrocellulose-nitroglycerin solid composite propellant formulation. Compound 1 exhibited impressive properties and showed great potential to be used in the development of future highly energetic green solid propellants.
COMBUSTION AND FLAME
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Huan Song, Bing Li, Xuezhi Gao, Fenglin Shan, Xiaoxia Ma, Xiaoyan Tian, Xiaoyan Chen
Summary: The research focused on improving the energetic properties and reducing sensitivity of energetic materials. Two new energetic complexes were synthesized and demonstrated higher detonation velocities and pressures compared to most reported EMs. Additionally, the complexes showed excellent catalytic activity in accelerating the thermal decomposition of ammonium perchlorate, indicating promising potential as new high-efficiency solid catalysts.
Article
Thermodynamics
Prashant Shrotriya, Robert Schiessl, Chunkan Yu, Viatcheslav Bykov, Thorsten Zirwes, Ulrich Maas
Summary: This research applies the reaction-diffusion manifold (REDIM) model reduction method to study partially-premixed flames (PPFs). The REDIM method allows for the evolution of a manifold according to diffusion-related information provided by the combustion system, without the need for prior identification of the type of combustion system. An iterative methodology is used to generate REDIM chemistry tables and converge the reduced manifold close to the detailed manifold. The results show that the REDIM reduced calculations can accurately predict temperature and mass fraction profiles of major and minor species in the final iteration steps.
COMBUSTION THEORY AND MODELLING
(2024)
Article
Thermodynamics
Mohammad Reza Salimi, Hadiseh Karimaei, Mostafa Gholampour Yazdi
Summary: In this study, the decomposition chamber of a monopropellant hydrazine thruster is numerically simulated, and the effects of parameters such as catalyst granule diameter, catalyst bed porosity coefficient, and inlet pressure on the performance are investigated. The results show that the porosity coefficient is the most influential parameter, and decreasing it improves the specific impulse and temperature while enhancing the thrust force and mass flow rate. The size of the catalyst granules and the inlet pressure also have an impact on the performance.
COMBUSTION THEORY AND MODELLING
(2024)