Inorganic Hydrazine Derivatives (eBook)

Professor K. C. Patil, Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India. Professor Patil has held a position at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore since 1972, and his research carried out over the last four decades has resulted in the publication of over 300 papers. His areas of research include the synthesis of hydrazinium salts, metal hydrazine complexes, and the preparation and applications of nanoscale metal oxide materials. Dr Tanu Mimani Rattan, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore & Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning, Prashanthi Nilayam, India. Dr Rattan is a specialist in the field of nanocrystalline oxide materials.

List of Contributors xiii

Foreword xv

Preface xvii

Acknowledgements xxi

1 Hydrazine and Its Inorganic Derivatives 1

Tanu Mimani Rattan and K. C. Patil

1.1 Introduction 1

1.2 Inorganic Hydrazine Derivatives 10

1.3 Characterization of Inorganic Hydrazine Derivatives 28

1.4 Applications of Inorganic Hydrazine Derivatives 32

References 33

2 Hydrazine Salts 37

Singanahally T. Aruna and Kashinath C. Patil

2.1 Introduction 37

2.2 Salts of the Monovalent Cation (N2H5+ ) - N2H5A 39

2.3 Salts of the Divalent Cation [(N2H5)2 2+ and N2H6 2+] 49

2.4 Salts of Monovalent (N2H5 + ) and Divalent Cations ((N2H5)2
2+, N2H6 2+) 53

2.5 Hydrazine Salts of Organic Acids 76

2.6 Summary 78

References 80

3 Metal Hydrazines 83

Dasaratharam Gajapathy and Tanu Mimani Rattan

3.1 Introduction 83

3.2 Metal Hydrazines - MX(N2H4)n, M=metal, X=SO4, SO3, N3,
NCS, NO3, Clo4, RCOO, and so on, (n=1-3) 84

3.3 Reactivity of Metal Salt Hydrazines (from Detonation to
Deflagration to Decomposition) 128

3.4 Summary 129

References 129

4 Metal Hydrazine Carboxylates 133

K. C. Patil and Tanu Mimani Rattan

4.1 Introduction 133

4.2 Metal Hydrazine Carboxylates - M(N2H3COO)2 134

4.3 Metal Hydrazine Carboxylate Hydrates -M
(N2H3COO)n?xH2O; n=2, 3 136

4.4 Metal Hydrazine Carboxylate Hydrazines -
M(N2H3COO)2?(N2H4)2 152

4.5 Hydrazinium Metal Hydrazine Carboxylate Hydrates
-N2H5M(N2H3COO)3?H2O 155

4.6 Solid Solutions of Hydrazinium Metal Hydrazine Carboxylate
Hydrates - N2H5M1=3(Co/Fe/ Mn)2=3(N2H3COO)3?H2O 160

4.7 Summary 168

References 168

5 Hydrazinium Metal Complexes 171

S. Govindrajan and Singanahally T. Aruna

5.1 Introduction 171

5.2 Hydrazinium Metal Sulfates 172

5.3 Hydrazinium Metal Oxalates 182

5.4 Hydrazinium Metal Halides 195

5.5 Hydrazinium Metal Thiocyanates -
(N2H5)2M(NCS)4?2H2O,M= Co and Ni 208

5.6 Recent Studies on Hydrazinium Metal Complexes 214

5.7 Summary 216

References 216

6 Applications of Inorganic Hydrazine Derivatives 219

K. C. Patil and Tanu Mimani Rattan

6.1 Introduction 219

6.2 Applications of Hydrazine Salts 220

6.3 Energetic Materials 229

6.4 Combustible Metal Hydrazine Complexes 234

6.5 Miscellaneous Applications 245

References 249

Index 253