Electrochemical Synthesis of Lithium Aluminium Hydride an advanced Propellant Ingredient

In recent years, high performance solid propellant has been a great deal of attention in the area of high energy materials research field. Development of a high performance solid propellant will be achieved by using high energy density materials such as metal hydries. Among the metal hydrides, aluminium Hydride, AlH3, commonly known as alane is the most interesting fuels for propulsion, because of its ability to substantially increase the performance of a given system. The typical formation route of alane is through the chemical reaction. It involves high pressure operation and formation other by products like metal halide. For these reasons, our research attempt has been initiated in a more economically and thermodynamically cost effective synthetic and regeneration route to produce alane by electrochemical method.