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Cover Picture: 2,4,5‐Trinitroimidazole‐Based Energetic Salts (Chem. Eur. J. 14/2007)
Author(s) -
Gao Haixiang,
Ye Chengfeng,
Gupta Om D.,
Xiao JiChang,
Hiskey Michael A.,
Twamley Brendan,
Shreeve Jean'ne M.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.200790044
Subject(s) - detonation , energetics , chemistry , cover (algebra) , oxygen , standard enthalpy of formation , molar ratio , thermodynamics , inorganic chemistry , organic chemistry , explosive material , physics , mechanical engineering , engineering , catalysis
Energetic salts exhibit lower vapor pressures and higher densities relative to conventional molecular energetics. In their Full Paper on page 3853 ff., J. M. Shreeve et al. take advantage of the acidity, insensitivity, and high oxygen content of trinitroimidazole to design several new energetic salts with high molar enthalpies of formation and concomitant detonation velocities and pressures. These new salts are potential candidates for both industrial and military applications (illustrated on the cover).