HIGH ENERGY OXIDIZERS.
Abstract
A mixture of commercial F2 (containing 2% nitrogen) and AsF5, when subjected to low-temperature electric discharge, produces NF4(+)AsF6(-). The electric discharge of a mixture of NF3, F2, and BF3, at -78 degrees, results in the formation of N2F(+)BF4(-)(s). Similarly, the mixtures OF2/F2/BF3 and OF2/F2/AsF5 give the compounds O2(+)BF4(-)(s) and O2(+)AsF6(-)(s), respectively. Conductivity measurements reveal that NF4(+) is compatible with ClO4(-) in solution (IF5 as solvent), i.e., there is no decomposition to nonionic species such as NF3 and FClO4. Infrared measurements indicate that the solid product from the electric discharge of a mixture of NF3, F2, and ClF3, at -78 degrees (+) may contain NF4(+) combined with a ClF(x)(-) anion, possibly NF4(+)ClF4(-). Attempts to discover whether NF4(+) is compatible with ClF4(-) in solution were unsuccessful. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Feb 28, 1967
- Accession Number
- AD0380213
Entities
People
- Attila E. Pavlath
- Jacques P. Guertin