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- Title
Tris(2‐aminoethyl)amine‐based ferrocene‐terminated dendrimers as burning rate catalysts for ammonium perchlorate‐based propellant decomposition.
- Authors
Zain‐ul‐Abdin; Wang, Li; Yu, Haojie; Khan, Rizwan Ullah; Ullah, Raja Summe; Haroon, Muhammad
- Abstract
Ferrocene‐based derivatives show potential application as burning rate catalysts (BRCs) for solid composite propellants. However, migration problems of simple ferrocene‐based derivatives limit their application as BRCs in solid composite propellants. To overcome the migration problems of ferrocene‐based BRCs and to enhance the burning rate of ammonium perchlorate (AP)‐based propellants, zero‐ to second‐generation tris(2‐aminoethyl)amine‐based ferrocene‐terminated dendrimers (G0, G1 and G2) were synthesized. The structures of G0, G1 and G2 were confirmed using 1H NMR, Fourier transform infrared and UV–visible spectroscopies. The electrochemical behavior of G0, G1 and G2 was investigated using cyclic voltammetry. It was found that G0, G1 and G2 showed redox behavior due to the presence of ferrocene and this redox behavior was diffusion controlled over the investigated scan range. The burning rate catalytic effect of G0, G1 and G2 on thermal decomposition of AP was investigated using thermogravimetry and differential thermogravimetry. G0, G1 and G2 showed good catalytic effect on the thermal decomposition of AP. Anti‐migration studies showed that migration of G0, G1 and G2 was much slower than that of 2,2‐bis(ethylferrocenyl)propane (catocene) and ferrocene.
- Subjects
AMMONIUM perchlorate; CHEMICAL decomposition; FERROCENE derivatives; NUCLEAR magnetic resonance spectroscopy; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; CYCLIC voltammetry
- Publication
Applied Organometallic Chemistry, 2018, Vol 32, Issue 4, p1
- ISSN
0268-2605
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.1002/aoc.4268