title: Suitability of nitrogen rich compounds for gun propellant formulations.
abstract: This paper reports the suitability of a novel nitrogen rich compound, guanidinium-5-aminotetrazolate for RDX-based high-energy gun propellant formulations in respect of flame temperature as well as the burning rate characteristics. It has been found that the partial replacement of RDX with guanidinium-5-amino tetrazolate at the rate of five parts decreases the flame temperature of the propellant by about 120 K without adversely affecting the burning rate characteristics, i.e. linear rate of burning co-efficient and pressure exponent.
authors.affiliation: High Energy Materials Research Laboratory, Sutarwadi, Pune 411021, India. rdamse@yahoo.co.in
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Damse
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Sikder
mesh_terms: D053834:Explosive Agents / Q000737:chemistry*; D005389:Firearms; D019791:Guanidine; D017672:Nitrogen Compounds; D011312:Pressure; D013696:Temperature; D013777:Tetrazoles
chemical_list: D053834:Explosive Agents; D017672:Nitrogen Compounds; D013777:Tetrazoles; C001573:5-amino-1H-tetrazole; D019791:Guanidine