Ammonium perchlorate decomposition characteristic parameters determination, a simplified approach

  • W. M. Abdel-Wareth*
  • , Xu Xu
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Effects of various grain sizes (10~390 μm) under heating rate of 40 °C/min on ammonium perchlorate (AP) decomposition characteristic parameters, the decomposition thermal behavior and kinetic parameters (activation energy and pre-exponential factor), were investigated by simultaneous DSC/TGA in a dynamic nitrogen atmosphere. In addition, the specific surface areas were measured by the BET-method. Moreover, the kinetic parameters were determined by a simplified approach based on the isoconversional method. The results showed that, the higher the AP particle size the lower the determined decomposition kinetic parameters. In addition, the results were in acceptable agreements with some important literatures. Moreover, it was highly recommended to apply the higher agreeable heating rates for AP samples to determine that parameters more accurately.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationMechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Pages155-162
Number of pages8
DOIs
StatePublished - 2012
Externally publishedYes
Event2nd International Conference on Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, ICMAE 2011 - Bangkok, Thailand
Duration: 29 Jul 201131 Jul 2011

Publication series

NameApplied Mechanics and Materials
Volume110-116
ISSN (Print)1660-9336
ISSN (Electronic)1662-7482

Conference

Conference2nd International Conference on Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, ICMAE 2011
Country/TerritoryThailand
CityBangkok
Period29/07/1131/07/11

Keywords

  • Ammonium perchlorate
  • Particle size
  • Specific surface area
  • Thermal decomposition
  • Thermogravimetry

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