A Review on Energetic Materials Based Melamine

Today, the need for high-energetic materials with high thermal stability is felt in various military and civilian industries. Melamine-based compounds have attracted the attention of researchers in this field since many years ago, with various characteristics, including a nitrogen-rich structure with intra- and intermolecular hydrogen bonds.The use of melamine structure and its salts in the formulation of solid composite propellants in different roles improves their functional properties. In addition, recently, the synthesis of several high-energetic salt based on the melamine dioxide molecule was an effective step towards the development of a new generation of high-energetic materials; These new salts are in the form of structures with intramolecular fuel and oxidizer; and the investigations show that three monoanionic salts (MDOP, MDOMN and MDONA) with having detonation velocities in the range of 8711-9085 (m.s -1 ) are comparable to the conventional compound RDX, while the sensitivies to impact (IS: 23-27 J) and friction (FS: >240 J) in these salts are much lower than RDX, HMX and AP.