Explosive Nitrotriazolone Formulates

Abstract

Nitrotriazolone has been svnthesised and fullv characterised. This exolosive was found to exhibit ~ ~ self-binding properties forming pellets at different loads. The compression strength of these pellets were in the ranee 80-128 kef/cm2 under one to three tonne/cm2 load. Other oressable formulations containinz ---n~trotr~azolone have also been successfully prepared A composltlon comparable to composltlon B was also oreoared uslne n~trotr~a?olone and tr~n~trotolucne (60 40) h4echanlcal oropertlc? and insenslllvltb . .of this new composition were found to be superior.

Synthesis, characterization, thermolysis and performance evaluation studies on alkali metal salts of TABA and NTO

“…The spectral patterns obtained for NTO and TABA are in close agreement with the reported data [1,9,10]. TABA displayed characteristic IR stretching frequency at 3600 and 1674 cm −1 due to hydroxyl and carbonyl groups, respectively.…”

“…In this context, 3-nitro-1,2,4-triazol-5-one (NTO) has emerged as a potential high performance insensitive explosive, which is being explored as a substitute for RDX in munitions [1]. NTO is a unique high energy material (HEM), which despite belonging to UN hazard category of 1.1 is insensitive to most of the stimuli.…”

Advances in High Energy Materials

“…A combination of design features of munitions hardware and low sensitivity of energetic materials need to be arrived at to achieve these effects. A widely reported IHE, 3-Nitro-1,2,4-triazol-5-one (NTO) 39 has found wide applications and reported to be inducted into Naval Ordnance. 1, 1-diamino-2, 2-dinitroethylene (DADNE or FOX-7) has emerged during recent times due to its superior performance almost comparable to that of RDX and insensitivity characteristics relatively superior to NTO.…”

Review on Promising Insensitive Energetic Materials

“…Its thermal stability is also high and decomposes exothermically around 272 °C. NTO-based pressable and castable explosive formulations exhibit superior mechanical and thermal properties and are insensitive [43]. NTO-based PBX development has been performed, predominantly at SNPE, where much work was undertaken on the "B series" compositions [44].…”