title: Study on the catalytic effect of NiO nanoparticles on the thermal decomposition of TEGDN/NC propellant.
abstract: The catalytic effect of NiO nanoparticles on the thermal decomposition of double-base propellant composed of nitrocellulose (NC) and triethylene glycol dinitrate (TEGDN) has been investigated by thermogravimetry-mass spectrometry (TG-MS) coupling technique. It was shown that adding 2% of NiO nanoparticles to TEGDN/NC propellant can accelerate the thermal decomposition process after around 188 degrees C TG-MS analysis indicated that NiO nanoparticles have resulted in the increase in intensity (peak area) of m/z=27, 28, and 29 MS signals, but the decrease in the intensity of m/z=18, 30, 44 and 46 (peak 2) MS signals during the thermal decompsition. The catalytic mechanism was also discussed in this paper.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory for Soft Chemistry and Functional Materials of Ministry Education, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 210094, China.
authors.forename: Wenxian
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.forename: Xiaohong
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Lude
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Xujie
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Xin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D002384:Catalysis; D006358:Hot Temperature; D013058:Mass Spectrometry; D053768:Metal Nanoparticles; D009532:Nickel / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D009532:Nickel; C028007:nickel monoxide