Bis[3-(5-nitroimino-1,2,4-triazolate)]-based energetic salts: synthesis and promising properties of a new family of high-density insensitive materials.

Bis[3-(5-nitroimino-1,2,4-triazolate)]-based energetic salts were synthesized in a simple, straightforward manner. They exhibit low solubility in available solvents, high hydrolytic stability, excellent thermal stability, high density, positive heat of formation, low shock sensitivity, and excellent detonation properties. The physical and energetic properties of some salts are similar and even superior to those of RDX.