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An analysis is performed of the energy properties of solid high-energy systems containing ultrahigh-enthalpy polynitrogen compounds as the only component and in combination with other substances required to produce compositions with necessary operational characteristics. Special attention is given to the restriction of the combustion temperature by introducing substances with a high hydrogen content and a binder into the compositions. Such systems are compared with the best versions of real energetic compositions. As examples, calculations are given for compositions containing both hypothetical compounds (tetraazatetrahedrane N4, octaazacubane N8, trioxyhexazine N6O3, etc.) and real (derivatives of pyrroles, pyrazoles, triazoles, tetrazoles, and other polynitrogen high-enthalpy compounds).
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Translated from Fizika Goreniya i Vzryva, Vol. 45, No. 2, pp. 58–67, March–April, 2008.
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Lempert, D.B., Nechiporenko, G.N. & Soglasnova, S.I. Energetic potential of compositions based on high-enthalpy polynitrogen compounds. Combust Explos Shock Waves 45, 160–168 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10573-009-0021-9
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