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 xiiiForeword xvPreface xviiAcknowledgements xxi1 Hydrazine and Its Inorganic Derivatives 1Tanu Mimani Rattan and K. C. Patil1.1 Introduction 11.2 Inorganic Hydrazine Derivatives 101.3 Characterization of Inorganic Hydrazine Derivatives 281.4 Applications of Inorganic Hydrazine Derivatives 32 References 332 Hydrazine Salts 37Singanahally T. Aruna and Kashinath C. Patil2.1 Introduction 372.2 Salts of the Monovalent Cation (N2H5+ ) – N2H5A 392.3 Salts of the Divalent Cation [(N2H5)2 2+ and N2H6 2+] 492.4 Salts of Monovalent (N2H5 + ) and Divalent Cations ((N2H5)2 2+, N2H6 2+) 532.5 Hydrazine Salts of Organic Acids 762.6 Summary 78References 803 Metal Hydrazines 83Dasaratharam Gajapathy and Tanu Mimani Rattan3.1 Introduction 833.2 Metal Hydrazines – MX(N2H4)n, M=metal, X=SO4, SO3, N3, NCS, NO3, Clo4, RCOO, and so on, (n=1–3) 843.3 Reactivity of Metal Salt Hydrazines (from Detonation to Deflagration to Decomposition) 1283.4 Summary 129References 1294 Metal Hydrazine Carboxylates 133K. C. Patil and Tanu Mimani Rattan4.1 Introduction 133 4.2 Metal Hydrazine Carboxylates – M(N2H3COO)2 1344.3 Metal Hydrazine Carboxylate Hydrates –M (N2H3COO)n?xH2O; n=2, 3 1364.4 Metal Hydrazine Carboxylate Hydrazines – M(N2H3COO)2?(N2H4)2 1524.5 Hydrazinium Metal Hydrazine Carboxylate Hydrates –N2H5M(N2H3COO)3?H2O 1554.6 Solid Solutions of Hydrazinium Metal Hydrazine Carboxylate Hydrates – N2H5M1=3(Co/Fe/ Mn)2=3(N2H3COO)3?H2O 1604.7 Summary 168References 1685 Hydrazinium Metal Complexes 171S. Govindrajan and Singanahally T. Aruna5.1 Introduction 1715.2 Hydrazinium Metal Sulfates 1725.3 Hydrazinium Metal Oxalates 1825.4 Hydrazinium Metal Halides 1955.5 Hydrazinium Metal Thiocyanates – (N2H5)2M(NCS)4?2H2O,M= Co and Ni 2085.6 Recent Studies on Hydrazinium Metal Complexes 2145.7 Summary 216References 2166 Applications of Inorganic Hydrazine Derivatives 219K. C. Patil and Tanu Mimani Rattan6.1 Introduction 2196.2 Applications of Hydrazine Salts 2206.3 Energetic Materials 2296.4 Combustible Metal Hydrazine Complexes 2346.5 Miscellaneous Applications 245References 249Index 253