According to Wikipedia (1), crystals of tetraamminecopper(II) hydroxide are oxidised by oxygen to form copper ammine nitrites, Cu(NO2)2.(NH3)n,
(2)(3).
Now I wonder if mixing a silver nitrate solution into an excess of conc. ammonium hydroxide to prepare Tollens' reagent so that
(H3N)2Ag2(ONO)2.2NH4NO3 might form if the solution evaporates while airing with oxygen (by an analogous oxidation of ammonia)?
Furthermore, since such a salt is oxygen positive, it would benefit from combining with a fuel, so I have this idea that one might drip a couple of
drops of the Tollens Reagent onto a tiny amount of chopped nitrocellulose or perhaps even a double base propellant and spread it out over a piece of
plastic to dry, to make sensitised nitrocellulose that could be used as a powerful primary composition?
Yes, yes, I know there's plenty of primaries in the world already, but I like thinking up ideas for new ones, even if I can't carry them out.
References:
(1)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schweizer%27s_reagent
(2)Y. Cudennec; et al. (1995). "Etude cinétique de l'oxydation de l'ammoniac en présence d'ions cuivriques". Comptes Rendus Académie Sciences
Paris, série II,Méca; phys. chim. astron. 320 (6): 309–316.
(3)Y. Cudennec; et al. (1993). "Synthesis and study of Cu(NO2)2(NH3)4 and Cu(NO2)2(NH3)2". European journal of solid state and inorganic chemistry.
30(1-2): 77–85.
[Edited on 25-10-2015 by deltaH] |