Olah G.A., Squire D.R. (eds.) Chemistry of Energetic Materials

Handbook. — Cambridge, Academic Press. 1991 — 212 p.The field of energetic materials has long been considered primarily for its practical aspects and it is only recently that the modern fundamental science phenomena began to emerge. This has been particularly true in academic science, where fundamental acceptance and progress in the field has only recently developed. Energetic materials, however, have been of great practical importance from the time of the discovery of gunpowder to modern day explosives and rocket fuels. These materials have had a profound, if not always positive, effect on history. However the significance of their peaceful uses, ranging from the use of explosives in mining and road building to applications such as missile propulsion systems, should not be overshadowed by their potential destructive power. The ultimate use of the knowledge gleaned by this research is not a question for debate here.
Research on energetic materials extends from bulk synthesis, to engineering and materials science, to the microscopic study of molecular dynamics and structure (i.e., the molecular level understanding of these systems). In order to understand the combustion of energetic materials, the detailed chemistry of the decomposition processes must be understood. The nature of the individual reaction steps, the dynamics of the dissociation, and the energy released during combustion reactions must be recognized. Thus, the study of energetic materials spans many disciplines. Chemistry, as the science that can lead to such materials, is at the focal point. Indeed, an ever-extending array of new energetic compounds is continually being synthesized. Historically, nitro derivatives played a special role as the most commonly used compounds. Energetic nitro compounds range from C-nitro derivatives such as trinitrotoluene (TNT), to O-nitro compounds such as trinitroglycerol, to /V-nitro compounds such as HMX and RDX. Nitrogen oxides continue to be significant oxidants.The Structural Investigation of Energetic MaterialsPressure and Impulse
Energetic Materials Database
Bending Angles in Nitramines
Nitroolefins
Cubane and Substituents
ConclusionsStudies of Initial Dissociation Processes in 1,3,3- Trinitroazetidine by Photofragmentation Translational Spectroscopy
Introduction and Overview
The Thermal Decomposition of TNAZ
Analysis and DiscussionStudies of Molecular Dissociation by Means of Ultrafast Absorption and Emission Spectroscopy and Picosecond X-Ray DiffractionPhotodissociation of Haloaromatics
Picosecond X-Ray DiffractionComputer-Aided Design of MonopropellantsTheoretical Background
Application of Specific Impulse Formula
Calculated Specific Impulse Values
PerspectivesPolycyclic Amine ChemistryApproaches to Synthesis of Caged Nitramine Explosives
Polyazaadamantanes
Polyazawurtzitanes
PolyazaisowurtzitanesMetallacarboranes of the Lanthanide and Alkaline-Earth Metals: Potential High Energy Fuel Additives
Lanthanide Element Metallacarboranes
Preparation and Characterization of Bis-Dicarbollide Complexes of Sm and Yb
Alkaline-Earth Element MetallacarboranesMethods for Preparing Energetic Nitro-Compounds: Nitration with Superacid Systems, Nitronium Salts, and Related ComplexesProtic-Acid-Catalyzed Nitration
Lewis-Acid-Catalyzed Nitration
Nitration with Nitronium Salts
Transfer Nitration
Demetallative Nitration