Yu-qiu Wang, Yu-hui Dong, Ya-qi Qin, Ming Lu, Peng-cheng Wang
{"title":"Construction of electrochemical flow reactor: Static mixing and micro-cell for dehydrogenation oxidation from TNT to 2,2′,4,4′,6,6′-hexanitrostilbene","authors":"Yu-qiu Wang, Yu-hui Dong, Ya-qi Qin, Ming Lu, Peng-cheng Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.enmf.2024.08.001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enmf.2024.08.001","url":null,"abstract":"From the electrochemical synthesis in beakers to the application of electrochemical reactors, flow electrosynthesis has become more and more prominent in the field of organic synthesis. But for multi-feed reactions, the problem of efficient mixing in the electrochemical reactor remains unresolved. A novel electrolytic cell was devised to facilitate thorough mixing of various feedstocks during electrochemical oxidation. With structural optimization guided by computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations, the choice of reaction channels was deliberated upon, alongside an elucidation of the mixing mechanism. The reactor's performance was assessed based on both mixing efficiency and electrochemical oxidation capability with the synthesis of 2,2′,4,4′,6,6′-hexanitrostilbene (HNS) serving as a model. The high efficiency of the electrochemical reactor was verified by the enhanced yield, purity, and faradaic efficiency of HNS. It is environmentally friendly and easy to realize industrial production.","PeriodicalId":34595,"journal":{"name":"Energetic Materials Frontiers","volume":"15 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142219647","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tian Lei, Yan-da Jiang, Bao-jing Tian, Ning Ding, Qi Sun, Sheng-hua Li, Si-ping Pang
{"title":"Amphoteric feature of 3,5-diamino-6-hydroxy-2-oxide-4-nitropyrimidone and its highly-stable energetic anionic salts","authors":"Tian Lei, Yan-da Jiang, Bao-jing Tian, Ning Ding, Qi Sun, Sheng-hua Li, Si-ping Pang","doi":"10.1016/j.enmf.2024.07.002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enmf.2024.07.002","url":null,"abstract":"Most energetic molecules can only form cations or anions, limiting the structural diversity and performance regulation. In this study, we have presented the interesting amphoteric feature of 3,5-diamino-6-hydroxy-2-oxide-4-nitropyrimidone (DHON), which can be transformed into both DHON anion and DHON cation. The structures of the amphoteric salts were characterized by using single-crystal x-ray diffraction, and their energy (density, heat of formation, detonation velocity, and detonation pressure) and stability (thermal decomposition temperature, impact sensitivity, and friction sensitivity) were also carefully studied. Results indicate DHON anionic salts exhibit very promising stabilities, much superior to DHON cationic salts. Especially, the hydroxylaminium salt exhibits an extremely high thermal decomposition temperature of 309 C. The x-ray data and quantum calculations show that the DHON anion has stronger conjugation and H-bonds than the DHON cation, thus leading to the higher stability.","PeriodicalId":34595,"journal":{"name":"Energetic Materials Frontiers","volume":"5 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141770484","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Long Zhu, Qi Zhou, Wei Wang, Huan Li, Bing Li, Yu Zhang, Jun Luo
{"title":"Synthesis and characterization of a new cage-like energetic compound 3,7-dinitrato-9-nitro-9-azanoradamantane","authors":"Long Zhu, Qi Zhou, Wei Wang, Huan Li, Bing Li, Yu Zhang, Jun Luo","doi":"10.1016/j.enmf.2024.06.005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enmf.2024.06.005","url":null,"abstract":"Organic cage-like frameworks are important and versatile skeletons for developing prospective energetic compounds because of their high intrinsic density, symmetry, stability, and derivability. In this paper, a noradamantane-based energetic compound 3,7-dinitrato-9-nitro-9-azanoradamantane was synthesized from easily accessible compound 1,6-heptadien-4-ol via eight steps. Based on the X-ray diffraction analysis, it exhibits a good density of 1.678 g⋅cm. Thermogravimetry (TG) and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) tests indicate that it has positive thermal stability since its decomposition temperature was found to be 134 °C, and the theoretical detonation velocity is calculated to be 7363 m⋅s. These results imply that noradamantane has the potential to be a prospective framework for developing high energy-density energetic compounds.","PeriodicalId":34595,"journal":{"name":"Energetic Materials Frontiers","volume":"28 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141509273","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Bi-dong Wu , Yi Liu , Jia-hui Yang , Yun-yan Guo , Kai Han , Fan Wang , Zhong-ze Zhang , Chong-wei An , Jing-yu Wang
{"title":"Preparing HNS/n-Al heat-resistant microspheres with enhanced combustion performance using droplet microfluidic technology","authors":"Bi-dong Wu , Yi Liu , Jia-hui Yang , Yun-yan Guo , Kai Han , Fan Wang , Zhong-ze Zhang , Chong-wei An , Jing-yu Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.enmf.2023.10.003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.enmf.2023.10.003","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Reducing the formation of large carbon clusters during the combustion of energetic materials (EMs) and improving their comprehensive performance hold great significance. With fluororubber (F<sub>2604</sub>) as a binder, this study prepared HNS/n-Al microspheres with different n-Al contents (5%, 10%, and 15%) using droplet microfluidic technology. Then, it characterized and tested the morphology, particle size distribution, dispersibility, crystal structure, thermal properties, mechanical sensitivity, and combustion behavior of the microspheres. The results show that the prepared microspheres had regular shapes, uniform particle sizes, and excellent dispersibility and contained more homogeneous components than physically mixed samples. Furthermore, the microspheres retained the crystal structures of the raw materials, enjoying high safety performance. The thermal analysis shows that HNS/n-Al microspheres had high heat resistance (thermal decomposition temperature: over 354 °C) and that a higher n-Al content was associated with more thorough thermal decomposition reactions of HNS (HNS: 83%, HNS/n-Al: 84%, 86%, and 93%). The ignition experiments show that the HNS/n-Al microspheres possessed excellent and stable combustion performance, as evidenced by more complete combustion reactions and significantly elevated energy release efficiency. Therefore, it is expected to achieve high-energy and high-speed responses of carbon-rich EMs and promote their practical applications.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":34595,"journal":{"name":"Energetic Materials Frontiers","volume":"5 2","pages":"Pages 81-89"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666647223000635/pdfft?md5=84dc814eb253cdccfca6ed5ca3f5e53c&pid=1-s2.0-S2666647223000635-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135850123","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Time for mixing: Mixed dicationic energetic salts based on methylene bridged 4-hydroxy-3,5-dinitropyrazole and tetrazole for tunable performance","authors":"Prachi Bhatia , Vikas D. Ghule , Dheeraj Kumar","doi":"10.1016/j.enmf.2024.05.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.enmf.2024.05.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Various types of materials have been explored in the pursuit of high energy density materials (HEDMs) that have balanced energy and stability. Among them, energetic salts show numerous advantages, such as lower vapor pressures, high physical stabilities, and the opportunity for favorable tuning by careful selection of cations/anions. Nitrogen-rich bases are generally used as cations for energetic salt formation. While the synthesis of salts with larger cations lowers the sensitivity, smaller cations aid better energetic performance. A combination of both in the same ionic moieties might help in the formation of a superior explosive. In this work, a facile route for the synthesis of mixed dicationic energetic salts based on 1-((1<em>H</em>-tetrazol-5-yl)methyl)-3,5-dinitro-1<em>H</em>-pyrazol-4-ol (compound <strong>1</strong>) has been explored by various combinations of bigger and smaller cations (compounds <strong>4</strong>–<strong>10</strong>). All the synthesized energetic salts showed high positive heats of formation, energetic performance comparable to TATB, excellent stability towards impact and friction, and acceptable thermal stabilities. This improved technique will provide an additional option for fine-tuning the energetic properties of HEDMs and will facilitate in exploring the role of various cations in the overall performance of the energetic compounds.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":34595,"journal":{"name":"Energetic Materials Frontiers","volume":"5 2","pages":"Pages 105-111"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666647224000332/pdfft?md5=1c23ee7fc721386d4ee38c7b8b05c914&pid=1-s2.0-S2666647224000332-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141050555","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ke Wang , Min Xia , Qi-fa Yao , Yi-xuan Xie , Lin Zhong , Yu-zhan Li , Wei Yang , Yun-jun Luo
{"title":"Low-temperature rheological properties and viscosity equation of Al/HTPB suspension system","authors":"Ke Wang , Min Xia , Qi-fa Yao , Yi-xuan Xie , Lin Zhong , Yu-zhan Li , Wei Yang , Yun-jun Luo","doi":"10.1016/j.enmf.2024.04.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.enmf.2024.04.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The rheological behavior of propellant slurries is crucial for ensuring the feasibility of the 3D printing process, controlling print quality, regulating performance, and simulating predictions. However, there have been relatively few prior studies on the rheological properties of composite solid propellant slurries at low temperatures, which hinders the application of 3D printing propellant technology under extreme temperature conditions. In addition, the use of 3D printing technology to manufacture propellants at low temperatures is advantageous for improving safety. This paper investigates the rheological properties of monodisperse systems with aluminum powder as a solid filler and end-hydroxy polybutadiene (HTPB) as the dispersed phase at low temperatures (−15∼10 °C). It explores the effects of solid content, temperature, and particle size on their rheological properties. Results show that the viscosity of the system in the range of −15∼10 °C increases exponentially with the decrease in temperature, and the viscosity at −15 °C increases by 616.90 % compared with that at 10 °C when the volume fraction (<em>φ</em>) of <strong>Al-1</strong> is 35.8 %; the larger size of the particles the larger the viscosity is when the temperature and <em>φ</em> are the same, which is interpretes in terms of interfacial properties between the systems. The low-temperature correction factor is introduced into the Einstein-Roscoe equation to obtain the modified viscosity-volume fraction equation, and the correction factor is 0.0173, as evidenced by its excellent agreement with the experimental data.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":34595,"journal":{"name":"Energetic Materials Frontiers","volume":"5 2","pages":"Pages 96-104"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666647224000319/pdfft?md5=29dd9c399e37a5547f14e23a6ea0135c&pid=1-s2.0-S2666647224000319-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141025884","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Deprotonation-assisted electrochemical synthesis of copper nitrotriazole with excellent ignition performance","authors":"Jun-hong Chen, Chun-pei Yu, Jian-yong Xu, Chang-kun Song, Wei Shi, Xiao-ting Lei, Bo-nan Gu, Ming-hao Bao, Wen-chao Zhang","doi":"10.1016/j.enmf.2023.12.003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.enmf.2023.12.003","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Electrochemical synthesis serves as a green and efficient method with great application potential. However, it has not been extensively applied in the synthesis of energetic materials. Nitrogen-rich heterocyclic compounds, as a new generation of energetic materials, enjoy advantages such as eco-friendliness, high energy output, and excellent safety performance. This study reports the electrochemical cathodic synthesis of copper nitrotriazole [Cu(NTz)<sub>2</sub>] using copper chloride and 3-nitro-1,2,4-triazole as a reaction substrate and triethylamine as a deprotonation agent. The obtained Cu(NTz)<sub>2</sub> comprises uniform spherical particles of nano lamellae. As the dosage of triethylamine increased from 50 μL to 150 μL, Cu(NTz)<sub>2</sub> gradually grew into compact solid spherical particles, significantly increasing the energy output. Notably, the heat release increased from 711 J g<sup>−1</sup> to 1301 J g<sup>−1</sup>, accompanied by a significant positive elevation of ignition performance and peak combustion pressure in the process of confined combustion. This greatly boosted the energetic performance of Cu(NTz)<sub>2</sub>. Moreover, Cu(NTz)<sub>2</sub> demonstrates insensitivity to electrostatic discharge (<em>E</em><sub>50</sub>>225 mJ) and friction (<em>FS</em>>360 N), suggesting excellent safety performance. Owing to its outstanding energetic and safety performance, Cu(NTz)<sub>2</sub> boasts great potential for application as pyrotechnic compositions, including military gas-producing and incendiary agents. Moreover, it has been corroborated that Cu(NTz)<sub>2</sub> can be applied as a micro ignitor.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":34595,"journal":{"name":"Energetic Materials Frontiers","volume":"5 2","pages":"Pages 73-80"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666647223000696/pdfft?md5=f8d982b8d340f26441ebf2f5550ed0fd&pid=1-s2.0-S2666647223000696-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138627786","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Xing-ling Hu , Min Xia , Ming-hao Zhang , Wei Yang , Fan-zhi Yang , Yun-jun Luo
{"title":"Technologies for room-temperature self-healing polymer materials and their applications in energetic materials","authors":"Xing-ling Hu , Min Xia , Ming-hao Zhang , Wei Yang , Fan-zhi Yang , Yun-jun Luo","doi":"10.1016/j.enmf.2024.06.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.enmf.2024.06.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Energetic materials are the energy materials used by weaponry to accomplish launch, propulsion, and destruction. However, during manufacture, storage and use, they may be damaged and form microcracks when subjected to external stimuli such as temperature, humidity and impact, which ultimately lead to changes in material properties. Self-healing materials can repair the damage through physical or chemical processes, restoring their properties and extending their service life. This paper reviews the classification of self-healing polymer materials, principles underlying technologies for room-temperature self-healing polymer materials, and the applications of these technologies in energetic materials. Furthermore, this study proposes several key directions for future research on the technologies and their applications in energetic materials.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":34595,"journal":{"name":"Energetic Materials Frontiers","volume":"5 2","pages":"Pages 158-174"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666647224000368/pdfft?md5=b36710117e1e21cd0c208c2cce4e3717&pid=1-s2.0-S2666647224000368-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141400049","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}