Dallaston, Madeleine A.; Brusnahan, Jason S.; Wall, Craig; Williams, Craig M. published the artcile< Thermal and Sensitiveness Determination of Cubanes: Towards Cubane-Based Fuels for Infrared Countermeasures>, Recommanded Product: 2-Mercaptopyridinen-oxide sodiumsalt, the main research area is cubane fuel IR countermeasure thermal sensitivity determination; Yoshida; cubane; energetic materials; infrared; pyrotechnics.
As IR seeking technol. evolves, threats are better able to distinguish defensive IR flares from true targets. Spectrally matched flares, which generally employ carbon-based fuels, are better able to decoy some advanced missiles by more closely mimicking the IR emission of the target. Cubane is a high-energy carbon-based scaffold which may be suitable for use as a fuel in spectrally matched flares. The enthalpy of formation and strain energy of a series of cubanes was predicted in silico, and their thermal and impact stability examined All were found to undergo highly exothermic decomposition in sealed cell differential scanning calorimetry, and two cubanes subsequently underwent quant. sensitiveness testing. Despite their F of I values being in the secondary explosive range, cubane-1,4-dicarboxylic acid (F of I = 70) and 4-carbamoylcubane-1-carboxylic acid (F of I = 90) were identified as potentially useful fuels for pyrotechnic IR countermeasure flare formulations.
Chemistry – A European Journal published new progress about Explosives. 3811-73-2 belongs to class pyridine-derivatives, and the molecular formula is C5H4NNaOS, Recommanded Product: 2-Mercaptopyridinen-oxide sodiumsalt.