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Catalysed thermal decomposition of KClO3 and carbon gasification

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The catalytic decomposition of KClO3 is studied in the presence of MnO2, activated carbons and sodium sulphide. This investigation describes the use of thermogravimetry as a convenient technique to investigate catalytic activity of a simple chemical reaction. It is observed that the MnO2 catalyst decreases the decomposition temperature from 480 to 350 °C while the activated carbons cause its decomposition at 320–325 °C. At the same time the carbons undergo facile gasification. Presence of Na2S was the most effective as it induced the carbon-catalysed decomposition of KClO3 at a temperature as low as 220 °C, a temperature at which the carbons were stable and no gasification was observed.

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  1. Department of Chemistry, Goa University, Goa, 403206, India

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  2. Department of Chemistry, University of Guelph, 50 Stone Rd. E, Guelph, ON, NIG 2W1, Canada

    S. C. Mojumdar

  3. Department of Chemical Technologies and Environment, Faculty of Industrial Technologies, Trenčín University of A. Dubček, 020 32, Púchov, Slovakia

    S. C. Mojumdar

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Martins, S., Fernandes, J.B. & Mojumdar, S.C. Catalysed thermal decomposition of KClO3 and carbon gasification. J Therm Anal Calorim 119, 831–835 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-014-3907-z

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