Energetic materials energy densities

Keywords Tetrazoles Tetrazines High energy density materials Nitrogen-rich compounds Energetic materials... 

Propellants, explosives, and pyrolants are all energetic materials designed to have maximum energy density within a limited domain of mechanical sensitivities, manufacturing requirements, physical properties, and combustion characteristics. 

Given the complete description of the structure in terms of pseudo atoms as described above, it is possible to derive additional properties that provide insight into the chemical and physical properties of energetic materials. Two of these are described below, the molecular electrostatic potential and the energy density distribution. 

Thus, the analysis of energy density distributions should prove to be a useful tool in the study of the fundamental properties of energetic materials. 

The possibility that the core of a dislocation could be empty was first recognised by Frank [1], If the strain energy density arising from a dislocation is sufficiently large, it may become energetically favourable to remove the material near the core and place it in an unstrained environment far from any dislocations. This process creates additional surface area around the core of the dislocation. The equilibrium radius of the hollow core of a screw dislocation is given by... 

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