Transformation of hydrazinium azide to molecular N8 at 40 GPa

Duwal, Sakun; Ryu, Young-Jay; Kim, Minseob; Yoo, Choong-Shik; Bang, Sora; Kim, Kyungtae; Hur, Nam Hwi

doi:10.1063/1.5021976

Transformation of hydrazinium azide to molecular N₈ at 40 GPa

Journal Article · Fri Apr 06 00:00:00 EDT 2018 · Journal of Chemical Physics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5021976· OSTI ID:1432864

^[1]; ^[2]; Kim, Minseob ^[1]; Yoo, Choong-Shik ^[1]; Bang, Sora ^[3]; ^[3]; Hur, Nam Hwi ^[3]

Washington State Univ., Pullman, WA (United States)
Washington State Univ., Pullman, WA (United States); Univ. of Chicago, IL (United States)
Sogang Univ., Seoul (South Korea)

Hydrazinium azide (HA) has been investigated at high pressures to 68 GPa using confocal micro-Raman spectroscopy and synchrotron powder x-ray diffraction. The results show that HA undergoes structural phase transitions from solid HA-I to HA-II at 13 GPa, associated with the strengthening of hydrogen bonding, and then to N₈ at 40 GPa. The transformation of HA to recently predicted N₈ (N≡N⁺—N–—N=N—–N—+N≡N) is evident by the emergence of new peaks at 2384 cm^–1, 1665 cm^–1, and 1165 cm^–1, arising from the terminal N≡N stretching, the central N=N stretching, and the N—N stretching, respectively. Furthermore, upon decompression, N₈ decomposes to ε-N₂ below 25 GPa, but the remnant can be seen as low as 3 GPa.

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Research Organization:: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Advanced Photon Source (APS)

Sponsoring Organization:: National Research Foundation; USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)

Grant/Contract Number:: NA0001974

OSTI ID:: 1432864

Journal Information:: Journal of Chemical Physics, Journal Name: Journal of Chemical Physics Journal Issue: 13 Vol. 148; ISSN 0021-9606

Publisher:: American Institute of Physics (AIP)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: ENGLISH

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