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Topical Compendium for Energetic Materials

Praxichys - 11-12-2013 at 10:34

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1. Safety

Handling and Storage
Accident Reports
Disposal
- Old peroxides
- Dried picric acid
Legality
Common Misconceptions
- Detonation of Flash Powder
- "Power" of Explosives, RE Factor
- Diphorone Pentaperoxide (DPPP)
Inappropriate Use of the Energetic Materials Forum

2. Thermite and Slow Energetic Redox

Iron Oxide Thermite
- Iron Oxide/Aluminum thermite
Other Metals/Metal Oxides
Reducing Metals and Oxidizing Compounds
- Copper Sulfate (anh.)
- Al or Mg/Teflon

3. Energetic Mixtures

Black Powder
- Formulations
- Types of charcoal
Flash Powder
- Perchlorate/Chlorate/Mg/Al
Rocket Propellants
- Ammonium Perchlorate Based
- Zinc/Sulfur
- KNO₃/Sucrose and Related
Ammonium Nitrate, Nitromethane, detonable mixtures thereof
Alkaline Chlorates, Perchlorates, detonable mixtures thereof. (Cheddites)
- Cheddites
Miscellaneous
- Detonable Mixtures of CCl₄ and Reactive Metals
Gas mixtures
- Oxygen/Hydrogen
- Oxygen/Acetylene
- Photosensitive H₂/Cl₂

4. Energetic Compounds

Derivatives of Benzene
- Trinitrotoluene (TNT)
  - Dinitrotoluene
- Trinitroaniline (TNA, Picramide)
- Trinitrophenol (TNP, Picric Acid)
  - Lead Picrate
  - Ammonium Picrate (Dunnite)
  - Sodium Picrate
  - Potassium Picrate
  - The Metallic Picrates .pdf
- Picramic Acid
- Diazodinitrophenol (DDNP)
- Triamino-trinitrobenzene (TATB)
- Styphnic Acid
  - Lead Styphnate
- Tetryl (2,4,6-Trinitrophenylmethylnitramine)
- Pentryl (Trinitrophenylnitraminoethyl Nitrate)
- Bis(2,4,6-trinitrophenyl)aminoethyl Nitrate (HNDPAN)
- Aminobenzenes, 1,3,5-tri-, 1,2,4,5-tetra-
- 2,3,5,6-Tetraaminopyrazine/Pyridine
Nitrate Esters of Alcohols
- Methyl Nitrate
  - General synthesis and properties
  - Synthesis
- Ethyl Nitrate
- Isopropyl Nitrate
- Ethylene Glycol Dinitrate (EGDN)
  - General synthesis
  - From antifreeze
- Propylene Glycol Dinitrate (PGDN)
- Nitroglycerin (NG, Glyceryl Trinitrate)
- Erythritol Tetranitrate (ETN)
- Xylitol Pentanitrate (XPN)
- Sorbitol Hexanitrate
- Isosorbide Dinitrate
- Mannitol Hexanirate (MHN)
- Sucrose Octanitrate
- Pentaerythritol Tetranitrate (PETN)
- Nitroisobutylglycerol Trinitrate
- Nitrocellulose
Derivatives of Urea and Guanidine
- Guanidine Nitrate
- Nitroguanidine (NQ)
- Guanylurea dinitramide (GUDN, FOX-12)
- Urea Nitrate (UN)
- Biuret, Dinitrobiuret, and derivatives
- Nitrourea
- Dinitrourea (DNU)
- Tetranitroglycoluril (TNGU, Sorguyl)
Tetrazoles
- 5-Aminotetrazole (5-ATZ)
  - Salts of
Azides, Acetylides, Fulminates
- Silver Azide
- Ammonium Azide
- Mercuric Azide
- Sodium Azide
- Lead Azide
- Silver Acetylide/Silver Nitrate Double Salt (SA/DS, SADS)
- Mercury Fulminate
- Silver Fulminate
Nitro-, Amino-, and Nitramine Compounds
- Hexamine Dinitrate (HDN)
- Cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine (RDX)
- Cyclotetramethylenetetranitramine (HMX)
- Ethylene Dinitramine
- bis-(2,2-dinitroethyl)nitramine (BDNENA)
  - Salts of, particularly Triaminoguanidinium-
- 2,4,6-Trinitrophenylmethylnitramine (Tetryl) - see Derivatives of Benzene
- Nitroform (Trinitromethane)
- 1,1-diamino-2,2-dinitroethene (DADNE, FOX-7)
- Hexanitrohexaazaisowurtzitane (HNIW, CL-20)
- Hepta- and Octa- Nitrocubane (HNC) (ONC)
- cis-syn-cis-2,6-Dioxo-1,3,4,5,7,8-hexanitrodecahydro-lH,5H-diimidazo[4,5-b:4',5'-e]pyrazine (HHTDD)
- Hexanitroethane
- Methylene Dinitramine (MEDINA)
- Methylenediisonitramine (MEDNA)
Azines
- Hydrazine (Anh.) - For sulfate; See Topical Compendium
- 4,4’-Dinitro-3,3’-diazenofuroxan (DDF)
- 3-amino-3’-azido-4,4’-azoxyfurazan (AAAF)
- 3,3’-Dinitro-4,4’-azoxyfurazan (DNAF)
- 3,4-Diaminofurazan (DAF)
- 1,3,5-Triazido-2,4,6-trinitrobenzene (TATNB)
- Diaminofurazan (DAF)
Peroxides
- Acetone Peroxide (AP)
- Methyl Ethyl Ketone Peroxide (MEKP)
- Hexamethylene Triperoxide Diamine (HMTD)
- Hydrogen Peroxide Watergels
- Concentrating Hydrogen Peroxide
Salts of Energetic Compounds
- Ethylenediamine, Salts of
  - Ethylenediamine Tetraperchlorate
  - Ethylene Dinitramine - See Nitramines
  - tris(ethylenediamine) nickel II perchlorate
  - bis(ethylenediamine) copper II perchlorate
  - bis(ethylenediamine) copper II nitrate
- Hydrazine, Salts of
  - Nickel Hydrazine Nitrate (NHN)
  - Hydrazine Azide Hydrazinate
  - Diammonium Hydrazinium Tetraperchlorate
  - Hydrazinium Nitroformate (HNF)
  - Hydrazinium 5-Aminotetrazolate
- Guanidine and Related Salts of;
  - Guanidine nitrate (See also Derivatives of Urea and Guanidine)
  - Aminoguanidine nitrate
  - Bi, tri-aminoguanidine salts
  - Aminonitroguanidine/Nitrate salt of; (ANG(N))
- Miscellaneous
  - Tetraamine Copper II Nitrate (TACN)
  - Tetraamine Copper II Persulfate
  - Glyoxime Derivatives
    - Diaminofurazan - See Azines
    - Glyoximates
  - 5-Aminotetrazolates (See also: 5-Aminotetrazolate, Tetrazoles)

5. Applications and Modeling of Energetic Materials

Shaped Charges
- Linear
- Cylindrical
- Conical, Glass Liner
- Tulip
- Explosively-formed penetrators
- Explosion welding and forming
Rocket Propellant Grain Design
RE Factor
Calculating Detonation Parameters
Detonation Performance; P_CJ, D_CJ
Energetic Co-Crystals

6. Pyrophoric Materials and Hypergolic Reactions

7. Intermetallic Reactions

Pd/Al

8. Further Reading

Chemistry and Technology of Explosives; Urbanski
Chemistry of Powder and Explosives; Davis. .pdf, SciMad Library.
Organic Chemistry of Explosives; Agrawal, Hodgson
Also see the ScienceMadness Library

Quote: Originally posted by Praxichys

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