Preparation of high purity sodium 5-nitrotetrazolate (NaNT): An essential precursor to the environmentally acceptable primary explosive, DBX-1

Zeitschrift fur Anorganische und Allgemeine Chemie

Volumn 639, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 681-688

  Klapötke, Thomas M ^a   Piercey, Davin G ^a   Mehta, Neha ^b   Oyler, Karl D ^b   Jorgensen, Matthew ^c   Lenahan, Shannon ^c   Salan, Jerry S ^c   Fronabarger, John W ^d   Williams, Michael D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b US Army ARDEC   (United States)

^c Nalas Engineering Services Inc   (United States)

^d Pacific Scientific Energetic Materials Co   (United States)

Author keywords

Energetic materials; High energy density materials; Nitrogen rich compounds; Tetrazines; Tetrazoles

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876475238     PISSN: 00442313     EISSN: 15213749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/zaac.201300010     Document Type: Article

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