Issue 43, 2019

Trends of the macroscopic behaviors of energetic compounds: insights from first-principles calculations

Abstract

Understanding the structure–property relationships of energetic compounds is challenging. Herein, by including the experimental data, we systematically evaluated the microscopic characteristics of a series of transition metal carbohydrazide perchlorate (TMCP) complexes (MnCP, FeCP, CoCP, NiCP, ZnCP, and CdCP) by first-principles calculations. The calculated properties, i.e., lattice enthalpy, bulk modulus, and electronic structures, were correlated with their thermal decomposition temperatures and impact sensitivities, which indicated that the stability and sensitivity of the TMCP complexes were greatly changed through coordination with different metal ions. The trend was that a large lattice enthalpy indicated a better thermal stability. Complexes with a high impact sensitivity tended to have a smaller bulk modulus and pseudo-gap. The ultra-high impact sensitivity of FeCP may have been related to the unstable spin state with respect to the volume change in the lattice. The calculated bond order and bond dissociation energy did not fully reflect the impact and friction sensitivities in this study. In addition, the combination of crystal properties and local bond information may better describe the sensitivity trend for the TMCP energetic compounds. This analysis can be applied to other energetic compounds and may provide clues for the synthesis and assessment of novel energetic compounds.

Graphical abstract: Trends of the macroscopic behaviors of energetic compounds: insights from first-principles calculations

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
22 Sep 2019
Accepted
26 Sep 2019
First published
09 Oct 2019

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2019,21, 24034-24041

Trends of the macroscopic behaviors of energetic compounds: insights from first-principles calculations

C. Sun, W. Zhang, Y. Lü, F. Wang, W. Guo, T. Zhang and Y. Yao, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2019, 21, 24034 DOI: 10.1039/C9CP05222D

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