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Aminonitroheterocyclic N-Oxides – a New Class of Insensitive Energetic Materials

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2011

Richard A. Hollins ,
Lawrence H. Merwin ,
Robin A. Nissan ,
William S. Wilson  and
Richard D. Gilardi
Richard A. Hollins
Affiliation:
Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division, 1 Administration Circle, China Lake, CA 93555-6001
Lawrence H. Merwin
Affiliation:
Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division, 1 Administration Circle, China Lake, CA 93555-6001
Robin A. Nissan
Affiliation:
Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division, 1 Administration Circle, China Lake, CA 93555-6001
William S. Wilson
Affiliation:
Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division, 1 Administration Circle, China Lake, CA 93555-6001
Richard D. Gilardi
Affiliation:
Naval Research Laboratory, 4555 Overlook Ave SW, Washington, D.C. 20375-5000
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Abstract

The need continues for new powerful but insensitive explosive ingredients, which match the performance of RDX with the insensitivity of TATB. One approach has been to take the inherent stability of an aromatic heterocycle, combine this with the explosive insensitivity and thermal stability associated with alternating amino and nitro groups, and to supplement the performance of the molecule with an energy contribution from the N-oxide functionality. The synthesis, characterization and properties (both sensitivity and performance) of aminonitropyridine-l-oxides and aminonitropyrimidine-1,3-dioxides will be described.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 418: Symposium GG – Decomposition, Combustion, and Detonation Chemistry of Energetic Materials , 1995 , 31
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1996

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