Novel energetic materials for the future force: The Army pursues the next generation of propellants and explosives.

Abstract

A review of the development of energetic materials, esp. propellants and explosives for use in the U.S. Armed Forces. Topics discussed include new compds. (e.g., HMX and Cl-20), advanced gun propellants, high-nitrogen-content compds., energetic binders, plasma ignition technologies, energetic nanoparticles, metal nanoparticles, extended carbon structures (e.g., carbon nanotubes), nanocryst. energetic materials, theor. methods for smart design of energetic materials, quantum mech. predictions of properties for design of sensitive munitions, and crystal structure and d. predictions using mol. packing theory. [on SciFinder(R)]