Abstract: Compounded High Explosive Composites provide a novel family of low-cost explosives that exhibit anisotropic (directionally dependent, non-symmetric) sensitivity properties to replace current homogenous plastic bonded high explosives that are vulnerable to unwanted detonation from a variety of hazards and operating conditions. Anisotropic sensitivity behavior is largely achieved by manipulating the bulk property of critical diameter to fine-tune the compounded geometry of the explosive composite. As such, Compounded High Explosive Composites represent structural arrangements of small, spatially distributed, highly consolidated explosive units (pellets) arranged in a prescribed (but versatile) fashion in a motion and energy-dampening rubbery matrix. The compounded geometry and structural arrangement allows the explosive pellets to function cooperatively and detonate in an exemplary orientation, while ensuring the pellets do not cooperate in other directions to mitigate against known vulnerabilities and threats.

Abstract: A process for preparing ammonium dinitramide by:(1) nitrating either ethyl carbamate or methyl carbamate to form the corronding mononitrate compound, ethyl N-nitrocarbamate or methyl N-nitrocarbamate;(2) reacting the N-nitrocarbamate with ammonia under anhydrous conditions to produce the corresponding ammonium salt, ammonium ethyl N-nitrocarbamate or ammonium methyl N-nitrocarbamate;(3) nitrating the ammonium salt and then treating the reaction mixture with ammonia to produce ammonium dinitramide, ammonium nitrate, and regenerate the original ethyl carbamate or methyl carbamate compound.

Abstract: Energetic dihydroxy-terminated copolyformals which are formed from formalyde and fluorodiol and nitrodiol comonomers where the fluorodiol is HOCH.sub.2 CF.sub.2 CF.sub.2 CF.sub.2 CF.sub.2 CH.sub.2 OH, HOCH.sub.2 CF.sub.2 CF.sub.2 CF.sub.2 CH.sub.2 OH, HOCH.sub.2 CF(CF.sub.3)OCF.sub.2 CF.sub.2 CF.sub.2 CH.sub.2 OH, HOCH.sub.2 CF.sub.2 OCF.sub.2 CF.sub.2 OCF.sub.2 CH.sub.2 OH, HOCH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 (CF.sub.2).sub.2 CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 OH, HOCH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 (CF.sub.2).sub.4 CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 OH, HOCH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 (CF.sub.2).sub.6 CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 OH, HOCH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 (CF.sub.2).sub.8 CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 OH, HOCH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 (CF.sub.2).sub.10 CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 OH, or mixtures thereof, and the nitro diol is HOCH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 N(NO.sub.2)CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 N(NO.sub.2)CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 OH, HOCH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 N(NO.sub.2)CH.sub.2 C(NO.sub.2).sub.2 CH.sub.2 N(NO.sub.2)CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 OH, HOCH.sub.2 C(NO.sub.2).sub.2 CH.sub.2 OCH.sub.2 OCH.sub.2 C(NO.sub.2).sub.2 CH.sub.2 OH, HOCH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 N(NO.sub.2)CH.

Abstract: Dihydroxy-terminated copolyformals formed fromA. formaldehyde andB. a diol comonomer mixture of(1) 1,2-bis(2-hydroxyethyl)-1,2-dicarbadodecaborane(12) and(2) a fluorodiol which is HOCH.sub.2 CF.sub.2 CF.sub.2 CF.sub.2 CH.sub.2 HOCH.sub.2 CF.sub.2 CF.sub.2 CF.sub.2 CF.sub.2 CH.sub.2 OH, HOCH.sub.2 CF(CF.sub.3)OCF.sub.2 CF.sub.2 CF.sub.2 CH.sub.2 OH, HOCH.sub.2 CF.sub.2 OCF.sub.2 CF.sub.2 OCF.sub.2 CH.sub.2 OH, HOCH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 (CF.sub.2).sub.2 CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 OH, HOCH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 (CF.sub.2).sub.4 CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 OH, HOCH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 (CF.sub.2).sub.6 CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 OH, HOCH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 (CF.sub.2).sub.8 CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 OH, HOCH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 (CF.sub.2).sub.10 CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 OH, or mixtures thereof. A fraction of the fluorodiol may be replaced with an equal number of moles of a suitable nitrodiol.

Abstract: Dihydroxy-terminated copolyformals formed fromA. formaldehyde andB. a diol comonomer mixture of(1) 1,2-bis(2-hydroxyethyl)-1,2-dicarbadodecaborane(12) and(2) a nitrodiol which is HOCH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 N(NO.sub.2)CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 , HOCH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 N(NO.sub.2)CH.sub.2 C(NO.sub.2).sub.2 CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 OH, HOCH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 N(NO.sub.2)CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 N(NO.sub.2)CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 OH, HOCH.sub.2 C(NO.sub.2).sub.2 CH.sub.2 OCH.sub.2 OCH.sub.2 C(NO.sub.2).sub.2 CH.sub.2 OH, HOCH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 N(NO.sub.2)CH.sub.2 C(NO.sub.2).sub.2 CH.sub.2 N(NO.sub.2)CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 OH, HOCH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 C(NO.sub.2).sub.2 CH.sub.2 N(NO.sub.2)CH.sub.2 C(NO.sub.2).sub.2 CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 OH, HOCH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 C(NO.sub.2).sub.2 CH.sub.2 OCH.sub.2 OCH.sub.2 C(NO.sub.2).sub.2 CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 OH, HOCH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 N(NO.sub.2)CH.sub.2 C(NO.sub.2).sub.2 CH.sub.2 OCH.sub.2 OCH.sub.2 C(NO.sub.2).sub.2 CH.sub.2 N(NO.sub.2)CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 OH, or mixtures thereof.