Ammonium perchlorate

About: Ammonium perchlorate is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 2359 publications have been published within this topic receiving 33412 citations. The topic is also known as: AP.

The Chemistry of Perchlorate in the Environment

Abstract: The persistence of perchlorate in groundwater can be understood from its chemical and physical properties and its chemical reactivity. Although perchlorate is a powerful oxidizing agent, its notorious lack of reactivity can be understood from the requirement that reduction involves oxygen atom transfer. Because perchlorate is relatively unreactive, remediation schemes involving direct chemical or electrochemical reduction are not effective. The low hydration energy of perchlorate anions favors sorption on organic anion exchange resins. Remediation methods involving collection on such resins prior to reduction or some other means of disposal are feasible. Biological systems that naturally reduce and degrade perchlorate are also a potentially practical means of remediating perchlorate-contaminated groundwater in a cost-effective manner.

Review of Composite Propellant Burn Rate Modeling

Abstract: Steady-state combustion modeling of composite solid propellants is discussed with emphasis on the Beckstead-Derr-Price (BDP) model The BDP model and some revisions are considered with respect to the analysis of monomodal ammonium perchlorate/inert binder propellants: topics examined include continuity relations, surface area relations, characteristic surface dimension, flame heights, and energy balance Application of the BDP model to more complicated propellants containing multiple active ingredients is described These propellants include multimodal, mixed oxidizer, active binder, aluminized, catalyzed, and nitramine propellants Example cases of modeling (with comparison to experimental data) are presented, and strengths and weaknesses of current modeling approaches are evaluated

Reactive projectiles for exploding unexploded ordnance

Abstract: A projectile for the destruction of unexploded ordnance comprising a dart shell having a core region which contains a reactive composition comprised of a reactive metal and an oxidizer. The reactive metal is selected from the group consisting of titanium, aluminum, magnesium, lithium, beryllium, zirconium, thorium, uranium, hafnium, alloys thereof, hydrides thereof, and combinations thereof. The oxidizer is selected from the group consisting of lithium perchlorate, magnesium perchlorate, ammonium perchlorate, potassium perchlorate, chlorates, peroxides, and combinations thereof. In an alternative embodiment, the reactive composition is located on the outside of a center penetrating rod. Also included is a disposable apparatus for delivering a projectile to destroy unexploded ordnance. The apparatus is comprised of a block having a top and a bottom, the block comprised of a material selected from the group consisting of wood and polymeric resin. Within the block is a barrel disposed on the bottom of the block, the barrel comprised of a material selected from the group consisting of fiberglass and polymeric resin.

Behaviour of ammonium perchlorate-based propellants and a polymer-bonded explosive under impact loading

Abstract: The response of a range of ammonium perchloratebased propellants and a polymerbonded explosive to dropweight impact loading has been studied using highspeed photography. This technique allows the g...

Thermal Decomposition of Ammonium Perchlorate in the Presence of Nanosized Ferric Oxide

Abstract: The catalytic effect of two different sizes of a-Fe 2 O 3 nanoparticles synthesised using an electrochemical method was investigated on the thermal decomposition of ammonium perchlorate (AP) using differential scanning calorimetry as a function of catalyst concentration. The nanosized ferric oxide particles exhibited more of a catalytic effect on the thermal decomposition of AP than commercial Fe 2 O 3 particles. A lowering of the high-temperature decomposition of AP by 59 o C was observed after mixing with 2 Wt per cent of a-Fe 2 O 3 particles with the very fine size of 3.5 nm. The mixture produced a high heat release of 4.574 kJ/ g compared to 0.834 kJ/g of pure AP. The kinetic parameters were evaluated using Kissinger method. The decrease in the activation energy and increase in rate constant confirmed the catalytic activity of these nanoparticles.