All-Nitrogen Compounds as High Energy Density Materials

Abstract

There is a continuing need for safe, versatile rocket propellants, which are stable, nonvolatile, energetic, and easily demilitarized. Ionic liquids constitute a research area that is little explored for propellant ingredients and provides potential to meet these requirements. Enhanced dissolving power, density and compatibilities with a wide range of propellant ingredients make ionic liquids a very attractive class of materials for advanced state-of-the-art propulsion systems. The extreme polarity of these unique liquid media opens the door to novel burn-rate and ballistic attenuation technologies. The objective of this Phase I SBIR program is to canvass and select the most promising candidates for development of energetic ionic liquid and other high-nitrogen energetic ingredients.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 15, 2005
Accession Number
ADA435833

Entities

People

  • Allen Dodge
  • Jeffrey Bottaro
  • Kurt Baum
  • Mark Petrie
  • Paul Penwell
  • Ripu Malhotra
  • Rodney L. Willer

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Attenuation
  • Dissolving
  • High Energy
  • Ionic Liquids
  • Liquids
  • Materials
  • Melting Point
  • Nitrogen
  • Nitrogen Compounds
  • Polarity
  • Propellants
  • Propulsion Systems
  • Rocket Oxidizers
  • Rocket Propellants
  • Solid Propellants
  • Solid Rocket Oxidizers

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Quantum Chemistry
  • Rocket Propulsion.
  • Systems Analysis and Design