1. Largely desensitized and stabilized CL-20 crystals obtained through reinforcement with cross-linked graphene oxide.
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Huang, Binbin, Wang, Shuai-Zhong, Zhao, Xu, Yang, Zhi-Jian, and Yan, Qi-Long
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GRAPHENE oxide ,HEAT of formation ,CRYSTALS ,POLYMORPHIC transformations ,FURAZANS ,TRANSITION temperature ,CROSSLINKED polymers - Abstract
ε-CL-20 is currently the most powerful commercially available explosive, but its high mechanical sensitivity and low phase stability limit its broad applications. In order to reduce the sensitivity of ε-CL-20, cross-linked graphene oxide (GO), using triaminoguanidine–glyoxal polymer (TAGP) as the bridging agent, was prepared in the ε-CL-20 solution, which could constrain the nano-sized ε-CL-20 crystals following a conventional solvent–nonsolvent in situ crystallization method. It was shown that the polymorphic transition temperature of the assembled CL-20/GO–TAGP crystals increased by about 36.0 °C at a maximum level compared with pristine ε-CL-20, and the polymorphic transformation temperature varied depending on the content of the cross-linked GO. Moreover, the heats of formation for the resulting modified products such as CL-20-2 (950.0 kJ kg
−1 ) and CL-20-4 (848.3 kJ kg−1 ) were 26.9% and 13.3% higher than that of pure ε-CL-20 (748.9 kJ kg−1 ), respectively. The measured density of assembled CL-20 crystals was almost unchanged as 2.01 g cm−3 under a certain condition. The impact and friction sensitivities of the modified samples, such as CL-20-1, CL-20-3, and CL-20-6, were obviously reduced. More importantly, two of the assembled products even showed a certain improvement in specific impulse and detonation performance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
- 2022
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