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HEATS OF FORMATION ESTIMATES FOR NON-CARBON BASED COMPOUNDS CONTAINING B N P F O AND H

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Navy
Contract: N/A
Agency Tracking Number: 9793
Amount: $49,880.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N/A
Solicitation Number: N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: N/A
Award Year: 1989
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
Small Business Information
12420 N Dumont Wy
Littleton, CO 80125
United States
DUNS: N/A
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 John R Riter Jr
 (303) 791-7972
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Research Institution
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Abstract

BOND ENERGIES, OR ENTHALPIES, WILL BE DETERMINED FOR SEVERAL SUBSETS OF HIGH ENERGY-DENSITY COMPOUNDS WHICH CONTAIN ONLY THE ELEMENTS BORON, NITROGEN, PHOSPHORUS, FLUORINE, OXYGEN AND HYDROGEN. THE METHODS USED WILL BE THOSE OF THERMOCHEMISTRY, SPECTROSCOPY, AND QUANTUM MECHANICAL CALCULATIONS OF VARYING LEVELS OF SOPHISTICATION, DEPENDING UPON MOLECULAR COMPLEXITY. THE THREE SUBSETS OF COMPOUNDS SUGGESTED INITIALLY ARE DERIVATIVES OF BORAZINE (B[3]N[3]H[6]), DERIVATIVES OF POLY(PHOSPHAZENES) ([NPR(2)]N), AND ADDITIONAL DERIVATIVES OF THE KINETICALLY-STABILIZED DERIVATIVES OF THE BORONPHOSPHORUS ANALOG OF BORAZINE (B[3]P[3]R[3]R'[3]). HERE R AND R' ARE BULKY SUBSTITUENTS. THE OXIDIZER GROUPS PROPOSED ARE NO(2), NO(3), AND NF(2). HEATS OF FORMATION WILL BE DETERMINED, FOR ALL COMPOUNDS, BY COMBINING THE BOND ENERGIES THUS DETERMINED WITH KNOWN THERMOCHEMICAL DATA. POSSIBLE PHASE II ACTIVITIES WOULD INVOLVE SYNTHESIS OF PROMISING COMPOUNDS, WHICH IN TURN WOULD BE SUBJECTED TO CALORIMETRY, SENSITIVITY TESTS, AND THERMAL DECOMPOSITION KINETIC STUDIES. INPUT FROM NSWC WILL BE SOUGHT AT SEVERAL STAGES OF THE WORK.

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