1. A novel cocrystal composed of CL-20 and an energetic ionic salt.
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Zhang, Xiaopeng, Chen, Shusen, Wu, Yige, Jin, Shaohua, Wang, Xiaojun, Wang, Yuqiao, Shang, Fengqin, Chen, Kun, Du, Junyi, and Shu, Qinghai
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NITROAMINES , *X-ray diffraction , *SINGLE crystals - Abstract
A novel nitroamine/energetic ionic salt cocrystal explosive containing CL-20 and 1-AMTN in a 1 : 1 molar ratio is presented. The structure of this cocrystal is determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction (SC-XRD). The predicted detonation performance is slightly higher than that of RDX, a state-of-the-art explosive. In small-scale impact drop tests, the cocrystal exhibits a surprisingly low sensitivity relative to CL-20. These features make this cocrystal a very promising explosive to replace RDX. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2018
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