title: Synthesis of ethylene diamine-based ferrocene terminated dendrimers and their application as burning rate catalysts.
abstract: Ferrocene-based derivatives are widely used as ferrocene-based burning rate catalysts (BRCs) for ammonium perchlorate (AP)-based propellant. However, in long storage, small ferrocene-based derivatives migrate to the surface of the propellant, which results in changes in the designed burning parameters and finally causes unstable combustion. To retard the migration of ferrocene-based BRCs in the propellant and to increase the combustion of the solid propellant, zero to third generation ethylene diamine-based ferrocene terminated dendrimers (0G, 1G, 2G and 3G) were synthesized. The synthesis of these dendrimers was confirmed by1H NMR and FT-IR spectroscopy. The electrochemical behavior of 0G, 1G, 2G and 3G was investigated by cyclic voltammetry (CV) and the burning rate catalytic activity of 0G, 1G, 2G and 3G on thermal disintegration of AP was examined by thermogravimetry (TG) and differential thermogravimetry (DTG) techniques. Anti-migration studies show that 1G, 2G and 3G exhibit improved anti-migration behavior in the AP-based propellant.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China.
authors.lastname: Zain-Ul-Abdin
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China. Electronic address: opl_wl@dial.zju.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China. Electronic address: hjyu@zju.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Haojie
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China.
authors.forename: Muhammad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Saleem
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China.
authors.forename: Muhammad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Akram
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China.
authors.forename: Hamad
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Khalid
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China.
authors.forename: Nasir M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Abbasi
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China.
authors.forename: Xianpeng
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Yang
keywords: Ammonium perchlorate; Anti-migration behavior; Burning rate catalysts; Electrochemical properties; Ferrocene terminated dendrimers