TY - JOUR
T1 - A kinetic investigation on the thermal decomposition of propellants catalyzed by rGO/MFe2O4 (M = Cu, Co, Ni, Zn) nanohybrids
AU - Wang, Weiran
AU - Zhang, Dongxiang
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 King Saud University
PY - 2019/7
Y1 - 2019/7
N2 - Reduced graphene oxide/metal ferrite (rGO/MFe2O4, M = Cu, Co, Ni) nanohybrids are successfully prepared through a simple, one-step hydrothermal method. The rGO/MFe2O4 hybrids are characterized by XRD, TEM. The rGO/MFe2O4 nanohybrids demonstrate amazing catalytic activity on thermal decomposition of ammonium perchlorate (AP) based propellants. DSC results indicate that the high-temperature decomposition (HTD) temperature of propellants added with rGO/MFe2O4 nanohybrids (3 wt%), could decrease from 325.9 °C to 259.9 °C, 268.8 °C, 271.9 °C, 306.9 °C, respectively. The HTD activation energy on a conversion degree (α) range from 0.05 to 0.95 of propellant samples were investigated by two model-free methods Flynne–Walle–Ozawa (FWO) and Kissinger–Akahira–Sunose (KAS). The results showed that both methods had similar values of Ea, and they match well with each other. A strong dependence of Ea on α revealed a complex decomposition process. The model-fitting analysis suggested the HTD process of propellant samples with or without catalysts both followed Mampel (First order) reaction model.
AB - Reduced graphene oxide/metal ferrite (rGO/MFe2O4, M = Cu, Co, Ni) nanohybrids are successfully prepared through a simple, one-step hydrothermal method. The rGO/MFe2O4 hybrids are characterized by XRD, TEM. The rGO/MFe2O4 nanohybrids demonstrate amazing catalytic activity on thermal decomposition of ammonium perchlorate (AP) based propellants. DSC results indicate that the high-temperature decomposition (HTD) temperature of propellants added with rGO/MFe2O4 nanohybrids (3 wt%), could decrease from 325.9 °C to 259.9 °C, 268.8 °C, 271.9 °C, 306.9 °C, respectively. The HTD activation energy on a conversion degree (α) range from 0.05 to 0.95 of propellant samples were investigated by two model-free methods Flynne–Walle–Ozawa (FWO) and Kissinger–Akahira–Sunose (KAS). The results showed that both methods had similar values of Ea, and they match well with each other. A strong dependence of Ea on α revealed a complex decomposition process. The model-fitting analysis suggested the HTD process of propellant samples with or without catalysts both followed Mampel (First order) reaction model.
KW - Propellants
KW - Thermal decomposition
KW - rGO/MFeO nanohybrids
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jscs.2018.11.002
DO - 10.1016/j.jscs.2018.11.002
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85057275770
SN - 1319-6103
VL - 23
SP - 627
EP - 635
JO - Journal of Saudi Chemical Society
JF - Journal of Saudi Chemical Society
IS - 5
ER -