SBIR/STTR Research Award
Development of New Alternate Synthetic Procedures for 1,3,3-Trinitroazetidine (TNAZ)
Award amount
$99,999Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1997Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Army
- Recipient company
- FLUOROCHEM, INC.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- T4WUL4HE73M1
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
A new steam-castable, superior performing explosive under development by the Army is 1,3,3-trinitroazetidine (TNAZ), which was first prepared in 1983 at Fluorochem, Inc. The compound is less sensitive than RDX or HMX and also has superior performance as an explosive. It is markedly more powerful than LX-14, the Army's most powerful in-service explosive formulation. The greatest drawback to large scale implementation of TNAZ in military systems is its high production cost. This proposal outlines a new alternate route to TNAZ that is expected to result in substantial manufacturing cost reductions. The availability of TNAZ at reasonable cost would make its implementation feasible for ordnance systems and rocket propellants. Potential civilian applications include commercial rockets and demolition explosives.
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
Verified by the same UEI. These are other public SBIR/STTR award pages, not a merged company record.
- Novel Fluorine-Containing Rocket Propellant oxidizers
- Novel Fluorine-Containing Rocket Propellant components
- Novel Fluorine-Containing Rocket Propellant oxidizers
- Novel Heterocyclic Oxidizers for Solid Propellants
- Development of Advanced Energetic Oxidizers for Solid Propellant applications.
Research funding history
51 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1985–2013). Reported award amounts total $12,685,823. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Energy