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Mary M Stinecipher

Michael D Coburn

Kien-yin Lee

Irving B Akst

Compositions of matter, a method of providing chemical energy by burning said compositions, and methods of making said compositions. These compositions are amine salts of nitroazoles.

Amine salts of nitroazoles

A direct process of making ethylenediamine dinitrate through the reaction of ethylenediamine and ammonium nitrate.

Direct process for explosives

Novel explosives which comprise mixtures of ammonium nitrate and an ammonium salt of a nitroazole in desired ratios are disclosed. A preferred nitroazole is 3,5-dinitro-1,2,4-triazole. The explosive and physical properties of these explosives may readily be varied by the addition of other explosives and oxidizers. Certain of these mixtures have been found to act as ideal explosives.

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Mary M Stinecipher