Propellants Explosives Pyrotechnics, Vol.39, No.6, 793-801, 2014
Energetic Salts of 5-(5-Azido-1H-1,2,4-triazol-3-yl)tetrazole
Several metal and nitrogen-rich salts of the recently presented 5-(5-azido-1H-1,2,4-triazol-3-yl)tetrazole (AzTT), including silver (1), copper(I) (2), potassium (3), cesium (4), copper(II) (7), ammonium (8), and guanidinium (9), as well as the respective double-salts of 3, 4, 8 and 9, were prepared and well characterized by IR and multinuclear (H-1, C-13, N-14) NMR spectroscopy, DSC, mass spectrometry, elemental analysis and one (4) additionally by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. The sensitivities towards impact, friction and electrostatic discharge were determined according to BAM standards, revealing most of the metal salts as highly sensitive and the nitrogen-rich salts as insensitive. The metal salts were further tested for their ability of being primary explosives.