{"title":"Thermal analysis study of ammonium nitrate in the presence of NiCuCr2O4 additive","authors":"Pragnesh N. Dave, Ruksana Sirach","doi":"10.1016/j.mlblux.2023.100194","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Nickel-copper chromite (NiCuCr<sub>2</sub>O<sub>4</sub>) was synthesized by the co-precipitation method using sodium hydroxide as a precipitating agent. The composition of ammonium nitrate (AN):NiCuCr<sub>2</sub>O<sub>4</sub> (mass ratio 98:2) was used for the comparative thermal analysis study. The results suggested that ammonium nitrate containing nickel-copper chromite (AN + NiCuCr<sub>2</sub>O<sub>4</sub>) can act as a potential energetic material to replace AN in energetic applications. The activation energy of AN + NiCuCr<sub>2</sub>O<sub>4</sub> was decreased by 85.7 kJ mol<sup>−1</sup> compared to pure AN along with a reduction in the peak decomposition temperature. The lower activation energy and low pre-exponential factor can fasten AN + NiCuCr<sub>2</sub>O<sub>4</sub>’s decomposition at a lower temperature.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":18245,"journal":{"name":"Materials Letters: X","volume":"18 ","pages":"Article 100194"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2000,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"2","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Materials Letters: X","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590150823000145","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"MATERIALS SCIENCE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Nickel-copper chromite (NiCuCr2O4) was synthesized by the co-precipitation method using sodium hydroxide as a precipitating agent. The composition of ammonium nitrate (AN):NiCuCr2O4 (mass ratio 98:2) was used for the comparative thermal analysis study. The results suggested that ammonium nitrate containing nickel-copper chromite (AN + NiCuCr2O4) can act as a potential energetic material to replace AN in energetic applications. The activation energy of AN + NiCuCr2O4 was decreased by 85.7 kJ mol−1 compared to pure AN along with a reduction in the peak decomposition temperature. The lower activation energy and low pre-exponential factor can fasten AN + NiCuCr2O4’s decomposition at a lower temperature.