Nitro-tetrazole based high performing explosives: Recent overview of synthesis and energetic properties

Defence Technology

Jian-Guo Zhang¹  Xin Yin²  Saira Manzoor²  Qamar-un-nisa Tariq² 

[1] Corresponding author.;State Key Laboratory of Explosion Science and Technology, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, China;

关键词: Tetrazole;    Energetic materials;    Functional groups;    Heterocyclic;    High-performing explosives;   

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来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Heterocyclic skeleton (Azoles) and different energetic groups containing high performing explosives are highly emerged in recent years to meet the challenging requirements of energetic materials in both military and civilian applications with improved performance. For this purpose tetrazole (Azole) is identified as an attractive heterocyclic backbone with energetic functional groups nitro (-NO2), nitrato (-ONO2), nitrimino (-NNO2), and nitramino (–NH–NO2) to replace the traditionally used high performing explosives. The tetrazole based compounds having these energetic functional groups demonstrated advanced energetic performance (detonation velocity and pressure), densities, and heat of formation (HOF) and became a potential replacement of traditional energetic compounds such as RDX. This review presents a summary of the recently reported nitro-tetrazole energetic compounds containing poly-nitro, di/mono-nitro, nitrato/nitramino/nitrimino, bridged/bis/di tetrazole and nitro functional groups, describing their preparation methods, advance energetic properties, and further applications as high-performing explosives, especially those reported in the last decade. This review aims to provide a fresh concept for designing nitro-tetrazole based high performing explosives together with major challenges and perspectives.

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