Accession Number:

AD0503916

Title:

Thermal Decomposition Studies of a New Perchlorate Oxidizer

Descriptive Note:

Technical rept. Jul-Oct 1968

Corporate Author:

AIR FORCE ROCKET PROPULSION LAB EDWARDS AFB CA

Personal Author(s):

• Foscante, Raymond E.
• Goshgarian, Berge B.
• Roberto, Francisco Q.

Report Date:

1969-05-01

Pagination or Media Count:

48.0

Abstract:

The initial step in the thermal decomposition of methylenedioxyamine diperchlorate occurs at 60 C with the loss of a perchloric acid group to form the monoacid salt as an intermediate. As the temperature increases, the latter undergoes a concerted cyclization - cleavage reaction to form formamide and hydroxylammonium perchlorate. Mass spectrometry was used to formulate a working hypothesis for the decomposition. The existence of each of the postulated intermediates in the reaction was verified by independent experiments.

Descriptors:

• *PERCHLORATES
• *SOLID ROCKET OXIDIZERS
• AMINES
• AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS
• DECOMPOSITION
• DIFFERENTIAL THERMAL ANALYSIS
• HYDRAZINE DERIVATIVES
• IDENTIFICATION
• INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY
• MASS SPECTROSCOPY
• METHANE
• MOLECULAR STRUCTURE
• PERCHLORIC ACID
• REACTION KINETICS
• THERMAL STABILITY
• THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS
• X RAY DIFFRACTION

Subject Categories:

• Solid Rocket Propellants

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE