Design of Energetic Ionic Liquids (Challenge Project C2H) (Preprint)

Abstract

The focus of this challenge project is on theoretical studies of ionic liquids as advanced monopropellants for rocket, missile, and satellite propulsion applications. Ionic liquids offer several advantages over conventional monopropellants such as hydrazine, including higher energy content, higher densities, very low vapor pressures, and reduced vapor toxicities. They are likewise well suited for use as working fluids in electric propulsion devices. The properties of ionic liquids may be tuned via the choice of component ions and their chemical substituents, so that they may be optimized for specific applications.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 04, 2007
Accession Number
ADA471067

Entities

People

  • Greg A. Voth
  • Jerry A. Boatz
  • Mark S. Gordon
  • Sharon Hammes-Schiffer

Organizations

  • Air Force Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Chemistry
  • Computational Science
  • Decomposition
  • Density Functional Theory
  • Department Of Defense
  • Electric Propulsion
  • Heat Of Formation
  • Hydrazines
  • Ionic Liquids
  • Liquids
  • Molecular Dynamics
  • Monopropellants
  • Phase Transformations
  • Physical Properties
  • Vapor Pressure

Readers

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

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Hall-Effect Thruster