ISSN:
0721-3115
Keywords:
Chemistry
;
Polymer and Materials Science
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Process Engineering, Biotechnology, Nutrition Technology
Notes:
n-Hexylcarborane (NHC) is the proposed burning rate modifier for improved propellants to be used in the next generation of missiles. The synthesis of this material requires decaborane-14, a material that is not commercially available in large quantities now. Therefore, the cost-effectiveness of synthesized NHC, as it relates directly to the missile cost, depends upon a low-cost synthesis of decaborane-14. Laser induced chemistry, a revolutionary new kind of chemistry, offers a much more efficient and less expensive way to synthesize compounds than conventional thermochemistry provides. Using this technique, we have synthesized decaborane-14 from diborane in high yields and high purity using both CO2 and DF laser frequencies. The products are decaborane-14 formed as white crystals and pentaborane-9 in the gaseous state; thus, isolation of the decaborane-14 is a simple chemical engineering procedure.
Additional Material:
10 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/prep.19790040405
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