Compositions of bis-triaminoguanidine decahydrodecaborate and TAGN

Claim 2

The composition having the general formula x[(NHNH.sub.2).sub.3 CNO.sub.3 ]·(1-x) [(NHNH.sub.2).sub.3 C).sub.2 B.sub.10 H.sub.10 ] wherein the value of x is between 0.01 and 0.99.

Claim 3

The composition of claim 1 wherein the value of x is between 0.5 and 0.99.

Claim 4

A mixture comprising an intimate physical blend of the triaminoguanidinium salt of decahydrodecaborate acid, (C(NHNH 2 ) 3 ) 2 B 10 H 10 and triaminoguanidine nitrate, (NHNH 2 ) 3 CNO 3 , wherein said nitrate comprises from between approximately 1% and 99%, by weight, of said mixture.

Claim 5

A mixture comprising an intimate physical blend of the triaminoguanidinium salt of decahydrodecaborate acid, (C(NHNH 2 ) 3 ) 2 B 10 H 10 and triaminoguanidine nitrate, (NHNH 2 ) 3 CNO 3 , wherein said nitrate comprises from between approximately 1% and 99%, by weight, of said mixture.

Claim 6

A product having the formula: x[(NHNH.sub.2).sub.3 CNO.sub.3 ]·(1-x)[ ((NHNH.sub.2).sub.3 C).sub.2 B.sub.10 H.sub.10 ] wherein the value of x varies between 0.01 and 0.99 said product being formed by a coprecipitation process between the triaminoguanidinium salt of decahydrodecaboric acid and triaminoguanidinium nitrate by the steps of: (A) dissolving both said decahydrodecaborate salt and said nitrate in a mutually soluble solvent, at a temperature sufficiently high to maintain said salt and said nitrate in solution; (B) forming a pressurized stream of said solution and bringing said solution stream together with a pressurized stream of a miscible nonsolvent, under conditions of extreme turbulence within a mixing chamber, to effect a substantially complete coprecipitation; (C) recoverning the coprecipitated product by filtering the effluent from said mixing chamber, and washing said product with an inert and nonsolvent fluid; (D) drying the product to remove all remaining liquid.

Claim 7

A product having the formula: x[(NHNH.sub.2).sub.3 CNO.sub.3 ]·(1-x)[ ((NHNH.sub.2).sub.3 C).sub.2 B.sub.10 H.sub.10 ] wherein the value of x varies between 0.01 and 0.99 said product being formed by a coprecipitation process between the triaminoguanidinium salt of decahydrodecaboric acid and triaminoguanidinium nitrate by the steps of: (A) dissolving both said decahydrodecaborate salt and said nitrate in a mutually soluble solvent, at a temperature sufficiently high to maintain said salt and said nitrate in solution; (B) forming a pressurized stream of said solution and bringing said solution stream together with a pressurized stream of a miscible nonsolvent, under conditions of extreme turbulence within a mixing chamber, to effect a substantially complete coprecipitation; (C) recoverning the coprecipitated product by filtering the effluent from said mixing chamber, and washing said product with an inert and nonsolvent fluid; (D) drying the product to remove all remaining liquid.

Claim 8

The product of claim 4 wherein said mutually soluble solvent is water and said solution concentration is approximately 0.3 to 0.1 molar in B 10 H 10 -2 , wherein said coprecipitation step further comprises rapidly mixing approximately one part-by-volume of said solution with five parts-by-volume of said miscible nonsolvent.

Claim 9

The composition of claim 1 wherein further the composition is a coprecipitate and the substituent ions B 10 H 10 -2 and NO 3 - are intimately intertwined through interlattice and intercrystalline mixing.

Claim 10

The coprecipitate of claim 6 wherein the value of x is between 0.5 and 0.99, and said coprecipitate is the product of a process comprising the steps of dissolving the triaminoguanidinium salt of decahydrodecaboric acid and triaminoguanidinium nitrate in water to form a solution and simultaneously precipitating the constituent ions by adding said solution to a miscible nonsolvent.

Claim 11

A compositions according to claim 1 wherein x is approximately 0.85 and 0.75.