The New Bicyclic Nitrogen Tetroxide Cation, NO4(+) Has a Low Decomposition Energy

Abstract

Nitrogen oxide cations, such as NO2(+) and NO(+), are strong oxidizers and useful components for ionic High Energy Density Materials (HEDM) 1. Their energy content and oxidizing power increase with increasing oxidation state of the nitrogen atom and the number of oxygen ligands. In our search for related, halogen-free, highly energetic cations we have became interested in the bicyclic NO4(+)(I).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 17, 1998
Accession Number
ADA408710

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People

  • Anatoli A. Korkin
  • Karl O. Christe
  • Marcel Nooijen
  • Rodney J. Bartlett

Organizations

  • Air Force Research Laboratory

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Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Contracts
  • Crossings
  • Decomposition
  • Department Of Defense
  • Electronic States
  • Energy
  • Feasibility Studies
  • First Principles Calculations
  • Heat Of Formation
  • High Energy
  • Materials
  • Nitrogen
  • Nitrogen Oxides
  • Rocket Oxidizers
  • Transitions

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  • Combustion science or combustion engineering.
  • Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry
  • Rocket Propulsion.