HIGH-NITROGEN COMPOUNDS

One synthetic approach is to synthesize nitrogen-rich compounds (N 60%), which also contain oxidizing groups (e.g. nitro —NO2, nitrimino =N—NO2, Fig. 9.6), in order to achieve the best possible oxygen balance (i2). This is important because in principal, it is always better to have the oxidizer and fuel combined in molecule (in contrast to mixtures), because this generally results in superior detonation parameters such as a higher detonation velocity and detonation pressure. Of course, the new compounds synthesized also should not be worse in any of the positive properties RDX shows (e.g. thermal stability, low sensitivity etc.). 

Of course, it is difficult to fulfill all these criteria, in particular as further practical aspects also have to be taken into account, including simplest possible synthesis, a cheap and sustainable synthesis (no chlorinated solvents), as well as being able to automate the individual synthetic steps [50, 51]. So far it has been possible to identify two classes of compounds which show many of the properties mentioned above  

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Difliioramino compounds Fliiorodinitromethyl compounds Haloacetylene derivatives Halogen azides High-nitrogen compounds Hydroxylammoniiim salts Metal acetylides... 

MII F. A. Benson, in The High Nitrogen Compounds, Wiley, New York,... 

High-nitrogen compounds tetrazoles Alkylhydropcroxides, peroxyacids... 

A very shock sensitive explosive, containing nearly 90 wt% of nitrogen. See other high-nitrogen compounds, non-metal azides... 

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See other HIGH-NITROGEN COMPOUNDS, a-nitro compounds... 

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See other cyano compounds, high-nitrogen compounds, organic azides... 

The solid base decomposes violently in contact with cone. acid. See other high-nitrogen compounds, organic bases... 

This very high-nitrogen compound (87.5%) explodes violently on pressing with a glass rod, or on heating to 90° C. 

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