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Effect of drying methods on catalytic performance of nano-sized copper β-resorcylate

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Copper β-resorcylate (cupric 2,4-dihydroxy-benzoate, β-Cu) nanoparticles have been successfully synthesized via a facile wet mechanical grinding and dried by vacuum drying and vacuum freeze-drying techniques. The crystal forms were characterized by X-ray diffraction, and the particle sizes were analyzed using scanning electron microscopy and transmission electron microscopy. At the same time, the catalytic performances of the as-prepared β-Cu nanoparticles on the thermal decomposition of ammonium perchlorate (AP) were studied through thermogravimetric analysis/differential scanning calorimetric techniques. The results revealed that nano-sized β-Cu obtained by vacuum drying displays a strong tendency to agglomeration, and conversely nano-sized β-Cu obtained by vacuum freeze-drying shows a semi-spherical morphology and good dispersion with a fairly uniform size of 100 nm. The formation mechanism of drying process of β-Cu nanoparticles was discussed in detail. In addition, the TG/DSC study showed that the nano-sized β-Cu prepared by vacuum freeze-drying could be explored to be a promising additive for accelerating the thermal decomposition of AP.

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This work was financially supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Project No. 51206081) and Basic Product Innovation Technology Research Project of Explosives.

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  1. National Special Superfine Powder Engineering Research Center of China, School of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, 210094, China

    Gazi Hao, Jie Liu, Lei Xiao, Han Gao, Yu Qiao & Wei Jiang

  2. Science and Technology on Combustion and Explosion Laboratory, Xi’an Modern Chemistry Research Institute, Xi’an, 710065, China

    Fengqi Zhao & Hongxu Gao

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Hao, G., Liu, J., Xiao, L. et al. Effect of drying methods on catalytic performance of nano-sized copper β-resorcylate. J Therm Anal Calorim 124, 1367–1374 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-015-5204-x

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