Ethylenediamine salt of 5-nitrotetrazole and preparation
Ethylenediamine salt of 5-nitrotetrazole and preparation are disclosed. This salt has been found to be useful as an explosive alone and in eutectic mixtures with ammonium nitrate and/or other explosive compounds. Its eutectic with ammonium nitrate has been demonstrated to behave in a similar manner to a monomolecular explosive such as TNT, and is less sensitive than the pure salt. Moreover, this eutectic mixture, which contains 87.8 mol % of ammonium nitrate, is close to the CO/sub 2/-balanced composition of 90 mol %, and has a relatively low melting point of 110.5 C making it readily castable. The ternary eutectic system containing the ethylenediamine salt of 5-nitrotetrazole, ammonium nitrate and ethylenediamine dinitrate has a eutectic temperature of 89.5 C and gives a measured detonation pressure of 24.8 GPa, which is 97.6% of the calculated value. Both the pure ethylenediamine salt and its known eutectic compounds behave in substantially ideal manner. Methods for the preparation of the salt are described.
- Assignee:
- Dept. of Energy, Washington, DC
- Patent Number(s):
- US 4552598
- OSTI ID:
- 5845839
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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