Method and apparatus for automatic high-throughput synthesis of energetic salts

Abstract

Energetic materials can instantly combust and release a large amount of energy in responding external impulses. Due to its energy characteristics, it has a wide range of practical applications: military and civilian. Designing high-energy-density materials with better performance, lower sensitivity, and more environmental friendliness has become a hotspot in the field of energetic materials in recent years. Energetic salts are formed by acid-base or metathesis reactions of different types of anions and cations. Energetic salts are a new class of energetic materials which were developed in recent years. Usually, they have high nitrogen content, high enthalpy of formation, high detonation performance, are relative stable to external stimuli, and have a wide range of application prospects in the fields of new explosives: low characteristic signal propellants, gas generators, low smoke or smokeless pyrotechnics. The synthesis method of energetic salts is simple, and the types of energetic materials are greatly enriched. This research takes energetic salts as the synthesis target and adopts multi-channel automation technology for high-throughput synthesis, which can improve the efficiency, reduce labor costs, and greatly increase the synthesis speed, which is of great significance for accelerating the synthesis of new energetic salts.