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PARTICULATE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Volume 34, Issue 6, Pages 676-680Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.1080/02726351.2015.1112326
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Activation energy; ammonium perchlorate; burning rate; propellants; thermal decomposition; transition metal oxides
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TiO2, ZnO2, and CrO2 nanoparticles were prepared by novel quick precipitation method, where transition metal oxides were used as catalyst. All nanoparticles were characterized by x-ray diffraction (XRD) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The average particle size for TiO2, ZnO2, and CrO2 was 44.8, 13.4, and 77.6 nm, respectively. Catalytic properties of these nanomaterials were studied using ammonium perchlorate (AP)/ hydroxy-terminated polybutadiene (HTPB) propellant by thermo-gravimetric analysis (TGA) and differential thermal analysis (DTA). Both experimental results reveal that there is an increase in the thermal decomposition of propellants in the presence of transition metal oxide nanoparticles. Activation energy of high-temperature decomposition (HTD) of propellant with transition metal oxide nanoparticles was calculated by Kissinger equation. Burning rates of propellants were also calculated.
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