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Sprengstoffe Auf der Basis von Hydrazinnitrat (Hydrazine Nitrate Based Explosives).

N8533272

Publication Date	1984
Personal Author	Licht, H. H.
Page Count	9
Abstract	The physical properties of hydrazine nitrate are described with a view to its application in explosives. It is a water-soluble salt which is less hygroscopic than the related ammonium nitrate. It melts at 71C; the sedimentation problem has to be tackled by a careful grain size choice. It is sufficiently thermally stable; it reacts agressively with iron and aluminum powders, and especially with copper. It is a less sensitive explosive than trinitrotoluene; sensitivity to percussion is 0.65 m kg. In contrast to solid HN, liquid HN is an extremely sensitive explosive; only nitroglycerin is more sensitive. Explosives based on HN have detonation properties which can hardly be obtained with other substances; the most extraordinary property is that the detonation characteristic is not only superior to that of classical explosives, but also partly to that of the starting substances.
Keywords	Chemical properties Explosives Hydrazine nitrate Ammonium nitrates Detonation Hygroscopicity Nitroglycerin Optimization Product development Foreign technology
Source Agency	NASA Foreign Exchange Program
NTIS Subject Category	79A - Ammunition, Explosives, & Pyrotechnics 99F - Physical & Theoretical Chemistry
Corporate Authors	Institut Franco-Allemand de Recherches, Saint-Louis (France).; National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, DC.
Supplemental Notes	Text in German. Presented at 8th Arbeitsgespraechs ueber Spreng- und Zuendstoffe, Mannheim, West Germany, 31 Oct. 1984.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	198526

Sprengstoffe Auf der Basis von Hydrazinnitrat (Hydrazine Nitrate Based Explosives).

Sprengstoffe Auf der Basis von Hydrazinnitrat (Hydrazine Nitrate Based Explosives).
N8533272

Publication Date	1984
Personal Author	Licht, H. H.
Page Count	9
Abstract	The physical properties of hydrazine nitrate are described with a view to its application in explosives. It is a water-soluble salt which is less hygroscopic than the related ammonium nitrate. It melts at 71C; the sedimentation problem has to be tackled by a careful grain size choice. It is sufficiently thermally stable; it reacts agressively with iron and aluminum powders, and especially with copper. It is a less sensitive explosive than trinitrotoluene; sensitivity to percussion is 0.65 m kg. In contrast to solid HN, liquid HN is an extremely sensitive explosive; only nitroglycerin is more sensitive. Explosives based on HN have detonation properties which can hardly be obtained with other substances; the most extraordinary property is that the detonation characteristic is not only superior to that of classical explosives, but also partly to that of the starting substances.
Keywords	Chemical properties Explosives Hydrazine nitrate Ammonium nitrates Detonation Hygroscopicity Nitroglycerin Optimization Product development Foreign technology
Source Agency	NASA Foreign Exchange Program
NTIS Subject Category	79A - Ammunition, Explosives, & Pyrotechnics 99F - Physical & Theoretical Chemistry
Corporate Authors	Institut Franco-Allemand de Recherches, Saint-Louis (France).; National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, DC.
Supplemental Notes	Text in German. Presented at 8th Arbeitsgespraechs ueber Spreng- und Zuendstoffe, Mannheim, West Germany, 31 Oct. 1984.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	198526