SYMPOSIA PAPER Published: 01 January 1964
STP45821S

Radiation-Induced Changes in Reactivity of Ammonium Perchlorate

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Exposure to X-ray and gamma-ray radiation profoundly alters the thermal stability and decomposition characteristics of ammonium perchlorate in the solid state. The radiation-induced changes in chemical reactivity were revealed by investigations involving thermogravimetric experiments and differential thermal analysis, where temperature is increased continuously at a constant rate, isothermal rate studies as a function of temperature, hot stage microscopic and X-ray diffraction studies, and electron spin resonance. This paper presents both a review and evaluation of recent investigations and new experimental results and interpretations of the reaction mechanisms.

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Freeman, E., S.
Illinois Institute of Technology Research Inst., Chicago, Ill.
Anderson, D., A.
Pyrotechnics Laboratory, Picatinny Arsenal, Dover, N. J.
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Developed by Committee: E10
Pages: 58–70
DOI: 10.1520/STP45821S
ISBN-EB: 978-0-8031-6722-3
ISBN-13: 978-0-8031-6607-3