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| IUPAC name N,N-dinitronitramide | |
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| Chemical formula | N4O6 |
| Molar mass | 152.023 |
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Trinitramide is a compound of nitrogen and oxygen with the molecular formula N(NO2)3. The compound was detected and described in 2010 by researchers at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in Sweden.
Earlier, there had been speculation whether trinitramide could exist. Theoretical calculations by Montgomery and Michels showed that the compound was likely to be stable.
Trinitramide has a potential use as one of the most efficient and least polluting of rocket propellant oxidizers, as it is chlorine-free. This is potentially an important development, because the Tsiolkovsky rocket equation implies that even small improvements in rocket delta-v can make large improvements in the size of practical rocket launch payloads.
References
- Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Early View, Dec. 23, 2010
- J. A. Montgomery Jr. and H. H. Michels (July 1993). "Structure and stability of trinitramide". Journal of Physical Chemistry. 97 (26): 6774–6775. doi:10.1021/j100128a005.
{{cite journal}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help) - http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/12/101222071831.htm
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