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Energetics of BAMO
Author(s) -
Miyazaki Toshio,
Kubota Naminosuke
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
propellants, explosives, pyrotechnics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.56
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1521-4087
pISSN - 0721-3115
DOI - 10.1002/prep.19920170103
Subject(s) - copolymer , oxetane , tetrahydrofuran , polymer , polymer chemistry , decomposition , polymerization , materials science , chemistry , organic chemistry , solvent
3,3‐Bis(azidomethyl)oxetane (BAMO) is a typical energetic azide polymer containing two N 3 , bonds in the molecular structure. Since BAMO is a solidified polymer at room temperature, a liquid BAMO copolymer with tetrahydrofuran (THF) was synthesized in order to gain energetic binders for solid propellants. Various types of experiments were carried out to elucidate the decomposition and combustion processes of BAMO polymer, BAMO/THF copolymer, and crosslinked BAMO/THF copolymer. The heat produced by the decomposition is caused by the bond breakage of ‐N 3 to produce N 2 , gas. The burning rate characteristics of crosslinked BAMO/THF copolymer depend largely on the mole fraction ratio of BAMO and THF.