Investigating the kinetics of the thermolysis of 3-nitro-2,4-dihydro-3H-1,2,4-triazol-5-one (NTO) and reduced size NTO in the presence of cobalt ferrite additive

The co-precipitation technique was used to successfully produce nanometer cobalt ferrite (CoF). Utilizing the solvent-antisolvent approach, the reduction in the size of sensitive HEM 3-nitro-2,4-dihydro-3H-1,2,4-triazol-5-one (NTO) was effectively achieved. Using simultaneous thermal analysis, the effect of 5% by mass CoF on the thermolysis of NTO and nanosize NTO (r-NTO) was investigated. The kinetic parameter of NTO and r-NTO in the presence of CoF additive was assessed using three isoconversional methods: Flynn-Ozawa-Wall, Kissinger-Akahira-Sunose and Starink. It was found that lowering NTO's size and adding CoF may both lower the material's thermal breakdown temperature, with the former dropping it more significantly than the latter. The activation energy of both NTO and r-NTO was raised in the presence of CoF additive.

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The co-precipitation technique was used to produce nanometer cobalt ferrite (CoF) successfully. The size reduction of sensitive HEM 3-nitro-2,4-dihydro-3H-1,2,4-triazol-5-one (NTO) was effectively achieved by the solvent-antisolvent approach. The effect of 5% by mass CoF on the thermolysis of NTO and nanosize NTO (r-NTO) was investigated using simultaneous thermal analysis, and the activation energy of both NTO and r-NTO was raised in the presence of CoF additive.