Some High-Energy Trinitromethyl-ONN-Furazans As Binder Plasticizers in Model Solid Composite Propellants

Abstract

To identify promising areas for the search for high-energy materials (HEMs), there is an urgent need for a comprehensive analysis of the energy potential of compounds of various classes. This paper studies the energy potential of some organic compounds containing the –N=N(O)–C(NO₂)₃ fragment in their structure as plasticizers of a polymeric binder in solid composite propellants. Nine trinitromethyl-ONN-azoxy-derivatives of furazan and one similar methane compound are studied, four of which are actually synthesized substances, the rest are still hypothetical structures. The ballistic efficiency of solid composite propellants of three different types (without metal, with aluminum, and with aluminum hydride (AH)) in which one of the studied compounds with a trinitromethyl-ONN-azoxy fragment acts as a plasticizer of the polymer binder is assessed. The values of its enthalpy of formation and density are determined by calculation. A comparative analysis of the ballistic efficiency of such propellants with similar compositions containing the most powerful of the currently considered energy-intensive components (nitroglycerin, tetranitromethane, or dinitrofurazan) as a plasticizer shows that practically all the studied representatives of the class of trinitromethyl-ONN-diazene oxides are significantly superior in terms of ballistic efficiency to the reference plasticizers.