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DAPO‐LLM‐105: Improving the Particle Morphology and Thermal Stability

Éric Pasquinet, Nicolas Pin, Alexandre Forzy, P. Palmas, Joël Rideau, Arnaud Beaucamp, Eric Lalière, Marie‐L. Perdrigeat et al.

Propellants Explosives Pyrotechnics, 2019

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Abstract

Abstract A number of different quench media were evaluated in order to improve the characteristics of 2,6‐diamino‐3,5‐dinitropyrazine‐1‐oxide (LLM‐105) obtained via nitration of 2,6‐diaminopyrazine‐1‐oxide (DAPO). After a first screening phase, seven aqueous solutions containing a selected additive were used to quench the nitrating mixture in scale‐up experiments. Complete characterization of the resulting LLM‐105 indicated that nitrate salts as additives, especially ammonium and potassium nitrate, provided a high quality product, without requiring any further recrystallization. Notably, both particle morphology and thermal stability were significantly improved over the ones obtained using the standard pure water quench. This new DAPO‐LLM‐105 has been compared to the conventional DMP‐LLM‐105 and showed similar characteristics with even better insensitivity data.

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