So, let's move on...you already understand that when they refer to "energetic" they are referring "fusion" , which means the detonation, provokes, a nucleic reaction as discovered on the atomic bomb. One of the most important explosives, is the consistent properties of nitrogen. Nitrogen-Rich High Explosives

https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/430_2007_057

The possibility of new high explosives based on nitrogen-rich tetrazole building blocks is discussed. The expected advantages include gaseous products, high heats of formation, high propulsive/expolosive power, high specific impulse, and high flame temperatures. In addition, these new explosives do not have the toxicity and environmental activity of currently used organo-nitro explosives. The synthesis and characteristics of a series of neutral tetrazole compounds are looked at as well as the neutral nitramine, dinitrobiuret.

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