Ethylenediamine salt of 5-nitrotetrazole and preparation
Abstract
The ethylenediamine salt of 5-nitrotetrazole 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.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- OSTI Identifier:
- 6358874
- Application Number:
- ON: TI85005738
- Assignee:
- Dept. of Energy
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-36
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 45 MILITARY TECHNOLOGY, WEAPONRY, AND NATIONAL DEFENSE; CHEMICAL EXPLOSIVES; AMINES; AMMONIUM NITRATES; AZOLES; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL PREPARATION; DETONATIONS; EUTECTICS; NITRO COMPOUNDS; SALTS; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; EXPLOSIVES; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; NITRATES; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; SYNTHESIS; 450100* - Military Technology, Weaponry, & National Defense- Chemical Explosions & Explosives
Citation Formats
Lee, K, and Coburn, M D. Ethylenediamine salt of 5-nitrotetrazole and preparation. United States: N. p., 1984.
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Lee, K, & Coburn, M D. Ethylenediamine salt of 5-nitrotetrazole and preparation. United States.
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"Ethylenediamine salt of 5-nitrotetrazole and preparation". United States.
@article{osti_6358874,
title = {Ethylenediamine salt of 5-nitrotetrazole and preparation},
author = {Lee, K and Coburn, M D},
abstractNote = {The ethylenediamine salt of 5-nitrotetrazole 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.},
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place = {United States},
year = {Thu May 17 00:00:00 EDT 1984},
month = {Thu May 17 00:00:00 EDT 1984}
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