Energetic abilities of nitro derivatives of isomeric (pyrazol-3-yl)tetrazoles as components of solid composite propellants

Abstract

Theoretical estimation of the efficiency factors of solid propellants whose components are CHNO compounds designed from various combinations of four structural motifs, namely pyrazole and tetrazole rings, nitro group, and trinitromethyl moiety, was performed. The positional isomerism was shown to have effect on the properties of the compounds and the energy characteristics of solid composite propellants (SCPs) on their basis. The use of these components in metal-free SCP compositions can allow one to achieve a specific impulse of 258–263 s, neither toxic HCl nor condensed products being produced upon their combustion, i.e., they are superior in energy and environmental indices to SCP formulations based on ammonium perchlorate.