Ionic liquid solubilized boranes as hypergolic fluids

Haixiang Gao; Jean'ne M. Shreeve

doi:10.1039/C2JM31627G

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Journal of Materials Chemistry

Issue 22, 2012

Journal of Materials Chemistry was published between 1991 and 2012. From issue 1, 2013, it was replaced by three new journals: Journal of Materials Chemistry A, B and C

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Ionic liquid solubilized boranes as hypergolic fluids

Haixiang Gao*^a and Jean'ne M. Shreeve*^b

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Department of Applied Chemistry, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
E-mail: hxgao@cau.edu.cn ;
Fax: +86 10-62733830 ;
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Department of Chemistry, University of Idaho, Moscow, USA
E-mail: jshreeve@uidaho.edu ;
Fax: +1 208 885 9146 ;
Tel: +1 208 885-6215

J. Mater. Chem., 2012,22, 11022-11024

DOI: 10.1039/C2JM31627G
Received 15 Mar 2012, Accepted 30 Apr 2012
First published online 30 Apr 2012

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Borane compounds which are hydrogen storage materials are hypergolic with white fuming nitric acid as oxidizer. When dissolved in ionic liquids, the borane solutions exhibit ignition delay times which are superior to any known hypergolic ionic liquids. These borane–ionic liquid solutions appear to be the brightest hope so far to replace hydrazine and its derivatives as fuels in hypergolic propellant systems.