COMPLEX METAL HYDRIDES. HIGH ENERGY FUEL COMPONENTS FOR SOLID PROPELLANT ROCKET MOTORS

Abstract

Work was carried out to prepare new and unusual simple and complex metal hydrides of the main group metals, lithium, beryllium, magnesium, boron and aluminum. The philosophy of the endeavor was to pursue both the understanding of fundamental chemical reactions in the hydride area that are poorly understood or incorrectly reported as well as directing major attention to the synthesis of new compounds. The most notable contributions of the present report are the synthesis of the first alkali metal magnesium hydrides (KMgH3, NaMg2H5), the first stable HMgX compounds (HMgNR2), the development of extremely economic routes to aminoalanes (HA1(NR2)2) and aminoboranes (HB(NR2)2), first synthesis of RMgH compounds, the completion of detailed mechanistic studies of several fundamental reactions in the hydride area, and the inauguration of DTA-TGA investigations of both simple and complex metal hydrides.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1970
Accession Number
AD0705113

Entities

People

  • E. C. Ashby

Organizations

  • Georgia Tech

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Alkali Metals
  • Alkanes
  • Alkenes
  • Aluminum Hydride
  • Body Weight
  • Chemical Products
  • Chemical Reactants
  • Chemical Reaction Properties
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Chemical Synthesis
  • Chemistry
  • Crystal Structure
  • Hydrides
  • Hydrogen
  • Organic Chemistry
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Sodium Compounds

Fields of Study

  • Chemistry

Readers

  • Organic Chemistry
  • Rocket Propulsion.
  • Theoretical Analysis.