B12H122–-Based Metal (Cu2+, Ni2+, Zn2+) Complexes as Hypergolic Fuels with Superior Hypergolicity

Zejun Zhang; Yanqiang Zhang; Zhimin Li; Nianming Jiao; Long Liu; Suojiang Zhang

doi:10.1002/ejic.201701206

B₁₂H₁₂^2–-Based Metal (Cu²⁺, Ni²⁺, Zn²⁺) Complexes as Hypergolic Fuels with Superior Hypergolicity

Zejun Zhang
, Yanqiang Zhang^*
, Zhimin Li
, Nianming Jiao
, Long Liu
, Suojiang Zhang

^*Corresponding author for this work

CAS - Institute of Process Engineering
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Zhengzhou Institute of Emerging Industrial Technology
Laboratory of Particle Science and Engineering

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Abstract

In hypergolic propellants, hypergolicity is an extremely important parameter in evaluating fuels. In this study, a new family of hypergolic metal (Cu²⁺, Ni²⁺, Zn²⁺) complexes with B₁₂H₁₂^2– were synthesized and fully characterized. Two of these six complexes exhibited ultrashort ignition delay times (ca. 1 ms), with white fuming nitric acid as the oxidizer, besides good physicochemical properties (decomposition temperatures: 221.8–286.3 °C; densities: 1.215–1.264 g cm^–3). The results demonstrate their promising applications in bipropellant formulations.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	981-986
Number of pages	6
Journal	European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry
Volume	2018
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/ejic.201701206
Publication status	Published - 28 Feb 2018
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Boron
Hypergolic fuels
Ionic liquids
Propellants
Transition metals

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B₁₂H₁₂^2–-Based Metal (Cu²⁺, Ni²⁺, Zn²⁺) Complexes as Hypergolic Fuels with Superior Hypergolicity

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