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Fizika Goreniya i Vzryva, 2024 Volume 60, Issue 3, Pages 45–53 (Mi fgv4599)

Energy potential of zwitterionic nitrohydrazine as a component of solid composite propellants

A. M. Astakhova, D. B. Lempertb

a Reshetnev Siberian State University of Science and Technology, 660037, Krasnoyarsk, Russia
b Federal Research Center for Problems of Chemical Physics and Medical Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, 142432, Chernogolovka, Russia

Abstract: The energy capabilities of a hypothetical zwitterionic nitrohydrazine H$_3$N$^+$N$^-$NO$_2$ as a component of solid composite propellants are estimated. Two-component compositions with a hydrocarbon or active binder and three-component compositions with the addition of aluminum or aluminum hydride are considered. Compositions with an active binder and aluminum hydride show the highest calculated ballistic efficiency. Their specific impulse exceeds 280 s, and with allowance for two-phase losses, the maximum effective impulse of the third stage rocket motor, it reaches 265.4 s, whereas for an optimized similar composition based on ammonium dinitramide, this value is significantly lower (262.5 s).

Keywords: nitrohydrazine, ammonium dinitramide, solid composite propellant, specific impulse, effective impulse, combustion temperature, two-phase impulse loss.

UDC: 621.454.3: 546.171.52

Received: 20.01.2023
Revised: 28.02.2023
Accepted: 05.04.2023

DOI: 10.15372/FGV2023.9300


 English version:
Combustion, Explosion and Shock Waves, 2024, 60:3, 318–325

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