Template synthesis of copper azide primary explosive through Cu2O@HKUST-1 core-shell composite prepared by “bottle around ship” method

Copper azide(CA), as a primary explosive with high energy density, has not been practically used so far because of its high electrostatic sensitivity. The Cu2O@HKUST-1 core-shell structure hybrid material was synthesized by the “bottle around ship” methodology in this research by regulating the dissolution rate of Cu2O and the generation rate of metal-organic framework(MOF) materials. Cu2O@HKUST-1 was carbonized to form a Cu O@porous carbon(CuO@PC) composite material. CuO@PC was synthesized into a copper azide(CA) @PC composite energetic material through a gas-solid phase in-situ azidation reaction.CA is encapsulated in PC framework, which acts as a nanoscale Faraday cage, and its excellent electrical conductivity prevents electrostatic charges from accumulating on the energetic material’s surface. The CA@PC composite energetic material has a CA content of 89.6%, and its electrostatic safety is nearly 30times that of pure CA(1.47 mJ compared to 0.05 mJ). CA@PC delivers an outstanding balance of safety and energy density compared to similar materials.

Dense copper azide synthesized by in-situ reaction of assembled nanoporous copper microspheres and its initiation performance

Copper azide with high density was successfully synthesized by in-situ reaction of nanoporous copper(NPC)precursor with HN_(3) gaseous.NPC with pore size of about 529 nm has been prepared by electroless plating using polystyrene(PS)as templates.The copper shells thickness of NPC was controlled by adjusting the PS loading amount.The effects of copper shell on the morphology,structure and density of copper azide were investigated.The conversion increased from 87.12%to 95.31%when copper shell thickness decrease from 100 to 50 nm.Meanwhile,the density of copper azide prepared by 529 nm NPC for 24 h was up to 2.38 g/cm^(3).The hollow structure of this NPC was filled by swelling of copper azide which guaranteed enough filling volume for keeping the same shape as well as improving the charge density.Moreover,HNS-IV explosive was successfully initiated by copper azide with minimum charge thickness of 0.55 mm,showing that copper azide prepared has excellent initiation performance,which has more advantages in the application of miniaturized explosive systems.

Synthesis, Crystal Structure and Characterization of Energetic Monovalent Copper Azide Complex: [Cu_2(dmpz)(N_3)_2]_n

A novel cuprous azide complex with the formula of [Cu2（dmpz）（N3）2]n（1, dmpz： 2,6-dimethylpyrazine） has been synthesized through hydrothermal synthesis with the reducibility of H3PO3 and structurally characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction method. Single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis reveals the title complex represents a three-dimensional network structure featuring 2D [Cu N3]n plane units bridged by bridging dmpz ligands to form a 3D network. Research results reveal that 1 has lower impact sensitivity and friction sensitivity, which may be expected to become insensitive energetic material and have potential applications. Crystal data： monoclinic, space group C2/c, a = 17.8599（15）, b = 8.2889（5）, c = 14.8076（14） A, β = 113.2580（10）o, V = 2014.0（3） A3, Z = 8, S = 1.025, the final R = 0.0303, w R = 0.0825 for 1460 observed reflections with I 2σ（I） and R = 0.0386, wR = 0.0870 for all reflections. In addition, elemental analysis, IR, and sensitivity characterization are presented.

Fabrication of electrostatic safety copper azide film with in situ growing MOF

Due to its extremely low electrostatic sensitivity,copper azide primary explosive is greatly limited in practical applications.In this study,a composite film with Cu-MOF in-situ growth on carbon nanofilm was prepared by electrospinning and solvothermal methods,and CNF@Cu-N3film with electrostatic safety was obtained by carbonization and azide later.Its electrostatic sensitivity(E50)was greatly increased from 0.05 mJ of raw materials to 4.06 mJ,and still maintained a good detonation performance which could successfully detonate the CL-20 secondary explosive.This is mainly due to the synergistic effect of the carbon film and the MOF structure,which greatly improves the conductivity of the entire system and the uniform distribution of copper particles,providing a new preparation strategy for metal azide film that is suitable for the micro-initiator device.

Research Progress of Nano Copper Azide

The development trend of miniaturization, chipization, integration, and intelligence of new energetic devices has put forward higher requirements for primary explosives, and the toxicity of lead-containing initiating explosives has also caused increasing concerns. Nano copper azide, due to its green and high-energy characteristics, has attracted increasing interest from researchers in recent years. The research progress of Nano copper azide energetic materials is summarized from the design and preparation of composite energetic materials, and the analysis of sensitivity changes. On this basis, the key points to realize its application prospects are discussed: Develop the preparation method of carbon material modification and the combination of processing and forming to prepare new composite materials to make up for their overly sensitive defects, while giving full play to their advantages of high energy density. By comparing the existing research progress of Nano copper azide, we can understand its performance parameters more systematically, and guide the further application of Nano copper azide. .

Metal-organic framework templated synthesis of copper azide as the primary explosive with low electrostatic sensitivity and excellent initiation ability

Subject Code:F05With the support by the State Key Laboratory of Explosion Science and Technology,the research team led by Prof.Yang Li(杨利)and Prof.Wang Bo(王博)of Beijing Institute of Technology,applied MOFderived porous carbon materials with well-distributed metal source in the in-situ synthesis of primary explosive(MOFT-CA),which was published in Advanced Materials(2016,28:5837—5843).