Systems for producing DEMN eutectic, and related methods of forming an energetic composition
AssigneeNorthrop Grumman Innovation Systems, Inc.
InventorsStephen P. Velarde, Harold E Johnston
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Abstract
A method of producing DEMN eutectic comprises reacting a reactant mixture comprising ethylenediamine and diethylenetriamine with aqueous nitric acid to form a reaction mixture comprising diethylentriamine trinitrate and ethylenediamine dinitrate. The reaction mixture is combined with methylnitroguanidine and nitroguanidine to form an aqueous slurry. Water is removed from the aqueous slurry. A method of producing an energetic composition, and a system for producing DEMN eutectic are also described.
Claims10
A method of producing an energetic composition, comprising:
- reacting a reactant mixture comprising ethylenediamine and diethylenetriamine with an aqueous solution comprising from about 60 percent by weight nitric acid to about 75 percent by weight nitric acid within a glass-lined reactor at a temperature of from about 10° C. to about 90° C. to form a reaction mixture comprising ethylenediamine dinitrate and diethylentriamine trinitrate and exhibiting a pH within a range of from about 0 to about 7;
- combining the reaction mixture with methylnitroguanidine and nitroguanidine within a metallic melt kettle downstream of the glass-lined reactor to form an aqueous slurry;
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- heating the aqueous slurry within the metallic melt kettle at a temperature of from about 50° C. to about 150° C. and under at least one of negative pressure and air sparge to form a DEMN eutectic comprising ethylenediamine dinitrate, diethylentriamine trinitrate, methylnitroguanidine, nitroguanidine, and from about 0.1 percent by weight water to about 2 percent by weight water.
A system for producing DEMN eutectic, comprising:
- a glass-lined reactor configured to react aqueous nitric acid with a reactant mixture comprising diethylenetriamine and ethylenediamine at a first temperature of from about 10° C. to about 90° C. to produce a reaction mixture comprising ethylenediamine dinitrate and diethylentriamine trinitrate;
- a metallic melt kettle downstream of the glass-lined reactor and configured to receive a stream of the reaction mixture exiting the glass-lined reactor, to combine the reaction mixture with methylnitroguanidine and nitroguanidine to form an aqueous slurry, and to heat the aqueous slurry at a second temperature of from about 50° C. to about 150° C.
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