Propellants Explosives Pyrotechnics, Vol.45, No.3, 431-437, 2020
Theoretical and Experimental Study of the alpha- and beta-Phase of Diammonium 5,5 '-Bistetrazole-1,1 '-Diolate (ABTOX)
Two new phase of diammonium 5,5 '-bistetrazole-1,1 '-diolate (alpha- and beta-ABTOX) were prepared, and its structure were characterized by FT-IR spectroscopy and single X-ray diffraction. The thermal decomposition processes of alpha- and beta-ABTOX were studies by means of the DTA-TG and TG-MS technologies, the crystal morphology of alpha- and beta-ABTOX were studied by SEM technology. The results show thermal stability of alpha-ABTOX is better than beta-ABTOX, the crystal morphology of alpha- and beta-ABTOX are rhombus and square. Finally, front orbital energies and the molecular electronic potential (MEP) of alpha- and beta-ABTOX were studied using density functional theory (DFT) B3LYP/6-311G(d, p) basis set level.
Keywords:diammonium 5;5 '-bistetrazole-1;1 '-diolate (ABTOX);crystal structures;thermal stabilities;molecular electronic potential