Why mixtures of hydrazine and dinitrogen tetroxide are hypergolic?

被引:29
作者
Lai, Ke-Yu [2 ]
Zhu, Rongshun [1 ]
Lin, M. C. [1 ,2 ]
机构
[1] Emory Univ, Dept Chem, Atlanta, GA 30322 USA
[2] Natl Chiao Tung Univ, Ctr Interdisciplinary Mol Sci, Hsinchu 300, Taiwan
关键词
NITROSONIUM NITRATE; INFRARED-SPECTRA; NITROGEN-DIOXIDE; HIGH-PRESSURE; THIN-FILMS; N2O4; TEMPERATURE; RAMAN; ENERGIES; OXIDES;
D O I
10.1016/j.cplett.2012.04.015
中图分类号
O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
学科分类号
070304 ; 081704 ;
摘要
The reactions of N2H4 with N2O4 isomers have been investigated at the G2M(CC3)//B3LYP/6311++G(3df,2p) level. The results show that the reactions of N2H4 with sym-N2O4 (D-2h), cis-ONONO2 (C-s), and NO2 have to overcome 14.2, 10.6, and 7.6 kcal/mol barriers, respectively. However, N2H4 can react spontaneously with trans-ONONO2 (C-s) and cis-ONONO2 (C-1) to produce HONO2 + H2NN(H)NO with the near gas-kinetic rate constant, 4 x 10(-10) cm(3) molecule(-1) s(-1) above 250 K. The H2NN( H) NO thus formed can rapidly fragment to give reactive N2H3 radical with rate constant > 1 x 10(7) s(-1) at 1000 K, which is fast enough to initiate the hypergolic chain reactions with NO2 and N2O4. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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