The invention relates to Polymerisable Binders, and Insensitive Munition (IM) energetic materials particularly to non-phthalate IM propellant compositions which are printed by a UV curing additive layer manufacture process. invention there is provided an additive layer deposable energetic composition suitable for use as a propellant comprising the following components in the following relative proportions: component A; from 60% to 95% by weight of a highly energetic filler comprising at least one nitramine compound; and component B: from 5% to 20% by weight of a binder, wherein the binder contains component D a UV curable binder in the range of from 3% to 12% by total weight of the formulation, at least one UV photoinitiator, component C: from 1% to 15% of a plasticiser, the percentages by weight of components A, B, D and C, together with minor additives, if any, adding to 100%.

A composition including copper(I) 5-nitrotetrazolate, wherein the composition has a carbon content of less than 7 weight percent, based on a total weight of the copper(I) 5-nitrotetrazolate.

A composition including copper(I) 5-nitrotetrazolate, wherein the composition has a carbon content of less than 7 weight percent, based on a total weight of the copper(I) 5-nitrotetrazolate.

The present disclosure generally pertains to green oxidizer compositions and method of synthesizing and using the same. Such green oxidizers are stable, may be used in conventional bipropellant thrusters, including, but not limited to LDACS applications, and offer several benefits over conventional oxidizers with respect to toxicity and/or corrosion. The present disclosure also relates to methods of synthesizing poly-nitrated oxetane, a green oxidizer, in an Argon-rich environment.

The present disclosure generally pertains to green oxidizer compositions and method of synthesizing and using the same. Such green oxidizers are stable, may be used in conventional bipropellant thrusters, including, but not limited to LDACS applications, and offer several benefits over conventional oxidizers with respect to toxicity and/or corrosion. The present disclosure also relates to methods of synthesizing poly-nitrated oxetane, a green oxidizer, in an Argon-rich environment.

A composition including copper(I) 5-nitrotetrazolate, wherein the composition has a carbon content of less than 7 weight percent, based on a total weight of the copper(I) 5-nitrotetrazolate.

A composition including copper(I) 5-nitrotetrazolate, wherein the composition has a carbon content of less than 7 weight percent, based on a total weight of the copper(I) 5-nitrotetrazolate.

The present invention provides a method for the preparation of an insensitive high enthalpy explosive Dihydroxylammonium 5,5′-bistetrazole-1,1′-diolate (TKX-50) in the presence of N,N-dimethylformamide, N,N-dimethylacetamide, or N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone as a solvent via a four-step, one-pot reaction route to obtain a final product after four reaction steps. The more dangerous intermediate diazidoglyoxime may be solved by the one-pot method without the need of isolation. Further, the cyclization reaction is carried out in the presence of dropwisely added concentrated sulfuric acid to replace hydrochloric gas so no hydrochloric gas generator is needed to greatly reduce the amount of waste acid so as to effectively reduce the cost by avoiding using hydrochloric gas steel cylinders which require much safety equipment.

The present invention provides a method for the preparation of an insensitive high enthalpy explosive Dihydroxylammonium 5,5′-bistetrazole-1,1′-diolate (TKX-50) in the presence of N,N-dimethylformamide, N,N-dimethylacetamide, or N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone as a solvent via a four-step, one-pot reaction route to obtain a final product after four reaction steps. The more dangerous intermediate diazidoglyoxime may be solved by the one-pot method without the need of isolation. Further, the cyclization reaction is carried out in the presence of dropwisely added concentrated sulfuric acid to replace hydrochloric gas so no hydrochloric gas generator is needed to greatly reduce the amount of waste acid so as to effectively reduce the cost by avoiding using hydrochloric gas steel cylinders which require much safety equipment.

Provided is an explosive composition for diamond synthesis by which diamond particles having a relatively large diameter can be produced. The explosive composition for diamond synthesis contains an explosive component, a carbon raw material that may be included as the explosive component, and diamond particles. Furthermore, the total proportion of the explosive component, the carbon raw material, and the diamond particles relative to the total amount of the explosive composition for diamond synthesis is 99 mass% or greater. The crystallite diameter of primary particles of the diamond particles as determined by the XRD method is preferably 100 nm or less.