In this research, the effects of the particle size and shape of aluminum powder on the kinetics and thermodynamic properties of HMX thermal decomposition in a PBX formulation were investigated. Nano-structured aluminum powder has flaked shape and thickness of about 20-30 nm. Kinetics and thermodynamic parameters were calculated by both Kissinger and Flynn-Wall-Ozawa (FWO) methods based on diffe...

In this study, the effect of Fe3O4-coated graphene as a nanocatalyst on the degradation kinetics of Ammonium Perchlorate and Glysydyl Azide Polymer (AP/GAP) composite propellants is investigated in order to modify and improve the burning rate of propellants. The SEM-EDX and EDX-Mapping surface analysis methods were used for structural and morphological study of the propellant containing nanoca...

PBXN-111 is a cast cured underwater explosive containing RDX, ammonium perchlorate, aluminium powder and HTPB binder. In this research, the kinetics and thermodynamic properties of thermal decomposition of this PBX investigated by Kissinger and Flynn-Wall-Ozawa (FWO) methods based on differential scanning calorimetry under non-isothermal condition with heating rate of 5, 10, 15 and 20 °C/mi...

In this research, the thermal stability and decomposition kinetics of pentaerythritol tetranitrate (PETN) and Pentastite explosives have been studied experimentally using non-isothermal differential thermal analysis (DTA) and thermo-gravimetric (TG) methods at heating rates of 4.0, 6.0, 8.0 and 10.0 °C/min. The kinetic parameter of activation energy (Ea) and critical ignition temperature fo...

Composite solid propellants are the major source of chemical energy in space vehicles and missiles. Composite propellants are composed of crystalline oxidizer particles dispersed in polymeric fuel binder. Ammonium perchlorate (AP) is used as the most common oxidizer and hydroxyl terminated polybutadiene (HTPB) as the fuel binder. The ballistics of a composite propellant can be improved by addin...