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HERO ID

1466471

Reference Type

Technical Report

Title

Insensitive Energetic Material FOX-7: A Review

Year

2003

Publisher

Foreign Technology-Studsvik Energiteknik AB

Location

Tumba. Weapons and Protection Div.

Report Number

FOI-R-0916-SE; FOIR0916SE

Number of Pages

26p

Abstract

Characterization of 1, 1-Diamino-2, 2-dinitroethylene (FOX-7), shows that the energetic material has an obvious potential to be used as an explosive ingredient in insensitive munitions formulations. FOX-7 possesses significantly improved insensitiveness compared to RDX, regularly used for comparison. Comparison with other insensitive explosives such as NTO and TATB is also favorable, due to the significantly higher performance of FOX-7. In this report a review of synthesis, analysis, basic chemical and physical properties, possible decomposition pathways, performance and toxicity of FOX-7 are presented.

NTIS Number

PB2004104146