Unraveling the initial steps of the ignition chemistry of the hypergolic ionic liquid 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium cyanoborohydride ([EMIM][CBH]) with nitric acid (HNO<sub>3</sub>) exploiting chirped pulse triggered droplet merging
Souvick Biswas, Ivan Antonov, Kazuumi Fujioka, Grace L. Rizzo, Steven D. Chambreau, Stefan Schneider, Rui Sun, Ralf I. Kaiser
Abstract
to the system, which could be sufficient for a significant fraction of the reactants of about 11% to overcome the reaction barriers in the individual steps of the computationally determined minimum energy pathways.
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ChemistryIonic liquidIsomerizationInfrared spectroscopyAnalytical Chemistry (journal)PhotochemistryPhysical chemistryOrganic chemistryCatalysisEnergetic Materials and CombustionThermal and Kinetic AnalysisElectrohydrodynamics and Fluid Dynamics