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Dicyanoborate‐Based Ionic Liquids as Hypergolic Fluids
Author(s) -
Zhang Yanqiang,
Shreeve Jean'ne M.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201005748
Subject(s) - ionic liquid , ignition system , nitric acid , explosive material , hydrazine (antidepressant) , combustion , chemistry , process engineering , process (computing) , organic chemistry , computer science , chemical engineering , thermodynamics , physics , engineering , chromatography , programming language , catalysis
Explosive though stable : Dicyanoborate‐based ionic liquids are hypergolic fuels in the presence of white fuming nitric acid as oxidizer (see high‐speed picture of the ignition process). With long liquid ranges, low viscosities, and short ignition delay times, these thermally and hydrolytically stable ionic liquids appear to be very promising substitutes for hydrazine and its derivatives as bipropellants.