Publications - Energetic Materials

Binary pyrolants made from Mg, MgH2, MgB2, Mg3N2, Mg2Si and polytetrafluoroethylene display a wide range of burn rates at ambient pressure. The burn rates do not coincide with the theoretical maximum adiabatic combustion temperatures.

Samarium, europium, thulium and ytterbium merit consideration as high dense flare fuels. The metals exhibit a luminous combustion plume in reaction with both oxygen based and halocarbon oxidizers. Pyrolants have been prepared and investigated.

In many cases countermeasure flares are applied in high altitudes with air pressure of less than 10 kPa. Also under such conditions the flare compositions aim to intensive emission and high temperatures.

This report summarizes theoretical and experimental data on the insensitive explosive guanylurea dinitramide, GUDN, FOX-12, C₂H₇N₇O₅. The title compound offers moderate density, r = 1.760 g cm-3.

This short publication summarizes the results of the Workshop on Sensitivity of Energetic Materials held on May 11 & 12, 2010.

For Part IV. Insensitive Explosive Materials see Ref. [1].

This report summarizes theoretical and experimental data on the insensitive explosive 3,3’-diamino-4,4’-azoxyfurazan, DAAF, C4H4N8O3.

This report summarizes theoretical and experimental data on the insensitive explosive 3,3’-diamino-4,4’-azoxyfurazan, DAAF, C₄H₄N₈O₃.

This report summarizes theoretical and experimental data gathered from the public domain on a new insensitive explosive azoxytriazolon, AZTO, C₄H₄N₈O₃.

The present report summarizes the adiabatic equilibrium composition and combustion temperature for the following energetic materials: black powder, Magnesium/Teflon/Viton, red Bengal flare composition, spectral flare composition, Al/MoO3-thermite, M 30 gun propellant at various pressures ranging

Since the 1990s a large number of insensitive energetic materials have been under consideration for insensitive munitions purposes.  After the landmark paper by Doherty and Simpson [4], new candidate materials have entered the field and others have vanished for different reasons.