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Investigation of simultaneous formation of nano-sized CuO and ZnO on the thermal decomposition of ammonium perchlorate for composite solid propellants

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Core/shell composites of CuC2O4·2H2O@AP and ZnC2O4·2H2O@AP were prepared from metal oxalates on suspended AP particles in ethanol. CuO and ZnO nano-metal oxides as the nano-catalysts were made from CuC2O4·2H2O and ZnC2O4·2H2O simultaneously by thermal decomposition of AP. The particle size of CuO nano-particles was very finer, and the ZnO particles showed a considerable growth during formation. The kinetic triplet of activation energy, frequency factor, and model of thermal decomposition of pure AP, CuC2O4·2H2O@AP, and ZnC2O4·2H2O@AP composites were estimated by applying three model-free (FWO, KAS, and Starink) and model-fitting (Starink) methods. Based on the thermal analysis, the CuC2O4@AP composite has better catalytic performance and the thermal decomposition temperature of AP decreased to about 126.44 °C.

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    Mohammad Mahdavi & Marjan Tahriri

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Mahdavi, M., Farrokhpour, H. & Tahriri, M. Investigation of simultaneous formation of nano-sized CuO and ZnO on the thermal decomposition of ammonium perchlorate for composite solid propellants. J Therm Anal Calorim 132, 879–893 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-018-7018-0

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