The physico-chemical characterization (thermal decomposition under non- and isothermal conditions, enthalpy of formation, burning behavior and flame structure) of a new explosive dihydroxylammonium 5,5'-bistetrazole-1,1'-diolate is detailed. Combustion studies have shown that TKX-50 burns slightly faster than HMX and approaches the burning rate of CL-20. The combustion of TKX-50 has been shown to obey mechanism with the leading reaction in the condensed phase. The rates of TKX-50 decomposition in both solid and liquid phases proved to be slightly higher than the corresponding rates of decomposition of RDX. Decomposition of TKX-50 is determined by decomposition of free hydroxylamine formed in the reaction of dissociation of the salt. An intermediate decomposition product is ammonium salt of 5,5'-bis (2-hydroxytetrazole), which further decomposes in the second stage at elevated temperatures. The enthalpy of formation of TKX-50 has been measured with the help of bomb calorimetry, however the resulting value is quite different from the enthalpy reported earlier.
The table above is generated from the ThermoML associated json file (link above).
POMD and RXND refer to PureOrMixture and Reaction Datasets. The compound numbers are included in properties, variables, and phases, if specificied;
the numbers refer to the table of compounds on the left.
Type
Compound-#
Property
Variable
Constraint
Phase
Method
#Points
RXND
5
1
2
3
4
Specific internal energy of reaction at constant volume, J/g