Kinetics of thermal decomposition of dinitramide

Kinetic regularities of thermal decomposition of dinitramide in aqueous and sulfuric acid solutions were studied in a wide temperature range. The rate of the thermal decomposition of dinitramide was established to be determined by the rates of decomposition of different forms of dinitramide as the acidity of the medium increases: first, N(NO₂)⁻ anions, then HN(NO₂)₂ molecules, and finally, protonated H₂N(NO₂)₂ ⁺ cations. The temperature dependences of the rate constants of the decomposition of N(NO₂)⁻ (k _an) and HN(NO₂)₂ (k′_ac) and the equilibrium constant of dissociation of HN(NO₂)₂ (K _a) were determined:k _an=1.7·10¹⁷ exp(−20.5·10³/T), s⁻¹,k′_ac=7.9·10¹⁶ exp(−16.1·10³/T), s⁻¹, andK _a=1.4·10 exp(−2.6·10³/T). The temperature dependences of the decomposition rate constant of H₂N(NO₂)₂ ⁺ (k _d) and the equilibrium constant of the dissociation of H₂N(NO₂)₂ ⁺ (K _d) were estimated:k _d=10¹² exp(−7.9·10³/T), s⁻¹ andK _d=1.1 exp(6.4·10³/T). The kinetic and thermodynamic constants obtained make it possible to calculate the decomposition rate of dinitramide solutions in a wide range of temperatures and acidities of the medium. In this series of articles, we report the results of studies of the thermal decomposition of dinitramide performed in 1974–1978 and not published previously. Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 12, pp. 2129–2133, December, 1997.     

Kinetics of the thermal decomposition of dinitramide

The kinetic regularities of the heat release during the thermal decomposition of liquid NH₄N(NO₂)₂ at 102.4–138.9 °C were studied. Kinetic data for decomposition of different forms of dinitramide and the influence of water on the rate of decomposition of NH₄N(NO₂)₂ show that the contributions of the decomposition of N(NO₂)₂ ⁻ and HN(NO₂)₂ to the initial decomposition rate of the reaction at temperatures about 100 °C are approximately equal. The decomposition has an autocatalytic character. The analysis of the effect of additives of HNO₃ solutions and the dependence of the autocatalytic reaction rate constant on the gas volume in the system shows that the self-acceleration is due to an increase in the acidity of the NH₄N(NO₂)₂ melt owing to the accumulation of HNO₃ and the corresponding increase in the contribution of the HN(NO₂)₂ decomposition to the overall rate. The self-acceleration ceases due to the accumulation of NO₃ ⁻ ions decreasing the equilibrium concentration of HN(NO₂)₂ in the melt. For Part 2, see Ref. 1. Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 3, pp. 395–401 March 1998.     

Thermal decomposition of ammonium dinitramide and mechanism of anomalous decay of dinitramide salts

Thermal decomposition of ammonium dinitramide proceedsvia homolytic rupture of the N−NO₂ bond and partially by the proton transfer reaction. The monomolecular decay of the anion to N₂O and NO₃ ⁻ in the solid state at 60 °C occurs with higher rates than those in the melt. This is related to a change in the reactivity of the anion due to the violation of its symmetry on going to the solid state. The absence of hydrogen bonds between the anion and cations or water molecules is an additional condition for the fast decay. Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 1, pp. 50–54, January, 1999.     

Kinetics of thermal decomposition of nickel sulfate hexahydrate

The paper describes the kinetics of all the recorded steps of thermal decomposition of nickel sulfate hexahydrate in air. The thermal decomposition of the salt in air led to NiO at about 1060 K. The kinetic parameters, the activation energyE and the preexponential factorA, and the thermodynamic parameters, the entropy, enthalpy and free energy of activation were evaluated for the dehydration and decomposition reactions. Tentative reaction mechanisms are suggested for each step of the thermal decomposition.     

Decomposition mechanism of dinitramide onium salts

Thermal decomposition of dinitramide onium salts proceedsvia the dissociative mechanism when pK _a of the base is lower than 5.0 andvia the monomolecular decay of the anion at pK _a>7.0. On going from the melt to the solid state, the reaction mechanism does not change, and the rate decreases by 1–2 orders of magnitude. No anomalous effects inherent in dinitramide metal salts in the solid phase are observed during decomposition of onium salts. Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 11, pp. 1951–1953, November, 1997     

Anomalous decomposition of dinitramide metal salts in the solid phase

Unusual regularities are observed for decomposition of dinitramide metal salts in the solid phase: the solid-phase reaction is 10–10³ times faster than that in the melt, its rate has a sharp peak in the region of eutectics melting with the decomposition product (metal nitrate), and it is instantly inhibited by water vapor. In the inhibited regime, the rate in the solid phase is lower than that in the liquid phase. No indications of this anomalous behavior are observed for the decomposition of the dinitramide guanidinium salt. Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 11, pp. 1947–1950, November, 1997.     

Synthesis and kinetic analysis of isothermal and non-isothermal decomposition of ammonium dinitramide prills

Ammonium dinitramide (ADN) prills were prepared by emulsion crystallization and characterized by optical microscopic, thermogravimetric (TG) and differential scanning calorimetric (DSC) techniques. The isothermal and non-isothermal decomposition kinetics of ADN prills were studied by TG. The differential isoconversional method of Friedman (FR) and integral isoconversional method of Vyazovkin were used to investigate the dependence of activation energy (E _a) with conversion (α) and the results were compared with literature data. The dependence of activation energy was also derived from isothermal data. A strong dependence of E _a with α is observed for the ADN prills. All the methods showed an initial increase in E _a up to α=∼0.2 and later decreases over the rest of conversion. The apparent E _a values of FR method are higher than that of Vyazovkin method up to α=∼0.45. The calculated mean E _a values by FR, Vyazovkin and standard isoconversional method for α between 0.05 and 0.95 were 211.0, 203.9 and 156.9 kJ mol⁻¹, respectively.     

Kinetics and mechanism of the thermal decomposition of barium titanyl oxalate

Thermal analysis of barium titanyl oxalate reveals that the decomposition proceeds through four distinct rate processes. Among them, the decomposition of oxalate occurs in the temperature range 230–350°C, and has been studied by TG and gas pressure measurements, supplemented by IR spectroscopy, electron microscopy and chemical analysis. Oxalate decomposition proceeds differently in vacuum and in flowing gas atmospheres. Analytical results indicate the formation of a complex carbonate together with CO, CO₂ and water vapour below 400°C. Schemes for each type of decomposition are proposed and discussed. For decomposition in vacuum, kinetic observations fitted the three-dimensional, diffusion controlled, rate equation for almost the entire α-range (0.028≤α≤0.92). The activation energy is calculated to be3 189±6 kJ mol⁻¹. In celebration of the 60^th birthday of Dr. Andrew K. Galwey     

Kinetics of the thermal decomposition of bis(2,2-dinitropropyl)-N-fluoroamine

The kinetics of the thermal decomposition of bis(2,2-dinitropropyl)-N-fluoroamine are studied in the liquid phase. The reaction is autocatalytic in a melt. In dilute solution, the reaction rate is described by the first-order law. It is tens of times faster in polar sulfolan than in weakly polar dimethyl phthalate. A mechanism of the decomposition involving the formation of a cyclic transition state at the first, limiting stage of the process is suggested.Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 5, pp. 874–877, May, 1995.This work was financially supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (Project No. 94-03-08103).     

Kinetics and mechanism of thermal decomposition of hydroxylammonium nitrate

The kinetics of thermal decomposition of melted hydroxylammonium nitrate have been investigated by the rate of heat production in the temperature range 84.8–120.9°C. The decomposition proceeds with autocatalysis and up to 60 % of conversion the rate of the process increases proportionally to the square of the degree of decomposition. The initial rate is proportional to the square of the concentration of HNO₃ formed due to dissociation of the salt. The activation energy of this process is 15.3±1.8 kcal/mol. It is suggested that the initial stage the process proceeds via interaction between N₂O₃ and NH₃OH⁺, whereas the subsequent acceleration is due to oxidation of NH₃OH⁺ by nitrogen oxides formed as well as by nitrous acid.Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 11, pp. 1897–1901, November, 1993.     

Stabilization of ammonium dinitramide in the liquid phase

The kinetics of accumulation of the main products of thermal decomposition of ammonium dinitramide in the melt was investigated. The isotope composition of nitrogen-containing gases evolved by the decomposition of ¹⁵NH₄N(NO₂)₂ and NH₄ ¹⁵N(NO₂)₂ was found. Easily oxidized salts, amines, amides, iodides, and other compounds soluble in the melt interfere with the liquid-phase decomposition of ammonium dinitramide.     

Kinetics of thermal decomposition of manganese(ii) oxalate

The kinetics of manganese(II) oxalate thermal decomposition in the helium atmosphere was studied on the basis of isothermal measurements in the temperature range from 608 to 623 K. Manganese(II) oxide, MnO, was found to be the final product of reaction. The Avrami-Erofeev kinetic equation was used to describe all the experimental data in the range of decomposition degrees from 0.1 to 0.9. The determined activation energy equals 184.7 kJ mol^-1 with standard deviation ±5.2 kJ mol^-1. The estimated value of parameter n is 1.9 with standard deviation ±0.01 what suggests that the rate limiting step of MnC₂O₄ decomposition is the nucleation of new MnO phase and that the rate of nuclei growth is rising during decomposition. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Kinetics of thermal decomposition of hexanitrohexaazaisowurtzitane

Thermal decomposition of hexanitrohexaazaisowurtzitane (HNIW) in the solid state and in solution was studied by thermogravimetry, manometry, optical microscopy, and IR spectroscopy. The kinetics of the reaction in the solid state is described by the first-order equation of autocatalysis. The rate constants and activation parameters of HNIW thermal decomposition in the solid state and solution were determined. The content of N₂ amounts to approximately half of the gaseous products of HNIW thermolysis. The thermolysis of HNIW and its burning are accompanied by the formation of a condensed residue. During these processes, five of six nitro groups of the HNIW molecule are removed, and one NO₂ group remains in the residue, which contains amino groups and no C−H bonds. Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 5, pp. 815–821, May, 2000.     

硫化氢热分解制氢过程的化学动力学研究

采用化学热平衡分析方法研究了硫化氢热分解制氢过程,研究了硫化氢在不同温度和体积分数下的分解过程,并与试验数据进行了比较。结果表明,基元反应机理能较好地模拟硫化氢热分解制氢过程。硫化氢的热分解率依赖于反应温度,高温下能获得较好的分解制氢效果;温度较低时,时间是硫化氢趋于平衡的主要影响因素,随着温度的提高,温度成为影响硫化氢趋于平衡的主要影响因素。硫化氢初始体积分数对热分解制氢反应具有较大的影响,采用较低体积分数的硫化氢混合气有利于获得高的硫化氢热分解制氢率。     

The thermal decomposition of NaHCO3

New EGA findings revealed that the small endothermal event preceding that of the main decomposition of commercial NaHCO₃ involves the simultaneous evolution of water and CO₂. At very high sensitivity, EGA experiments evidenced that the above (limited) evolution of gases also took place from the recrystallized material for which thermal methods gave no indication of endotherms.Careful reexamination of previous DSC results indicated that for one kind of recrystallized material a very small endotherm had been neglected. Renewed experiments revealed that this endotherm can be enhanced if the samples are prepared by crushing and sieving in a wet atmosphere. Parallel FT-IR experiments on commercial and recrystallized materials demonstrated the presence of carbonate in samples that had previously been taken just beyond the first small endotherm; this confirmed the EGA results. SEM experiments showed that surface texture changes take place when samples are heated to temperatures just above that of the preliminary endotherm. On the basis of these new findings, the interpretation previously given to the small endotherm is revised and detailed knowledge is gained on the mechanism of decomposition of NaHCO₃.The authors express their gratitude to Dr. Stephen B. Warrington (Thermal Analysis Consultancy Service, Leeds Metropolitan University) for having communicated the EGA results that led to the present report. The authors also feel indebted to Dr. Mario Paolieri of the Centro Interdipartimentale per la Microscopia Elettronica e la Microanalisi (M.E.M.A.) for his help in performing and interpreting the SEM experiments, and to Mr. Paolo Parri for his careful preparation of the illustrative material. Financial support from the University of Florence (ex 60% MURST) is greatly appreciated.     

On the thermal stability and thermal decomposition kinetics of some mono- and disubstituted furan-2,3-dions

The thermal behaviour of some compounds derived from 5-phenylfuran-2,3-dione was studied. The thermoanalytical data relating to the decomposition steps and intermediates were completed with mass spectrometric analysis and infrared spectroscopy results. For some of the investigated reactions, the kinetic and structural data correlated satisfactorily.     

Mechanism of the thermal decomposition of hydrophosphites of lithium,sodium and potassium

The thermal decomposition of some M ₂ ^I HPO₃ (M-Li, Na, K) phosphites under nitrogen atmosphere was investigated. A stepwise mechanism of thermal decomposition has been proposed.

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Zusammenfassung Es wurde die thermische Zersetzung von Phosphiten M ₂ ^I HPO₃ (M-Li, Na, K) in Stickstoffatmosphere untersucht. Die Schritte des Mechanismus der thermischen Zersetzung wurden vorgeschlagen.

     

General remarks on the thermal decomposition of some drugs

The thermal decomposition of antituberculous, local anaesthetic and calcium salts of organic acids used as the drugs has been studied by differential thermal and thermogravimetric techniques. General characteristics of their thermal decomposition has been made. The effect of sample size over the range 20–200 mg and heating rate over the range 3–15 deg·min^?1 on the thermal degradation has been investigated. The values of the kinetic parameters has been also determined.     

Kinetics of no decomposition over Cu/ZSM-5 catalyst

The kinetics of catalytic decomposition of NO over Cu/ZSM-5 catalyst has been studied in an integral flow reactor at atmospheric pressure. Kinetic analysis is based on the assumption that the surface reaction represents the rate-determining step. On the basis of theoretical considerations of different interactions between reactants and catalyst, and experimental evidences, three different mechanistic kinetic models were chosen. Also a power-law model was tested. The best agreement has been achieved with the model

硫酸铵的热分解

目前 ,关于各种无机酸铵盐的热分解情况都研究得比较清楚 ,但关于硫酸铵热分解情况的报道结果则不一致[1 - 7] 。本文对硫酸铵在各种温度下的常量热分解进行了研究 ,探讨其热分解机理 ,以利于对磷石膏 (主要成分为ＣａＳＯ4)的开发利用提供新的思路和方法[8] 。1　实验坩锅炉中热分解　约 1 0ｇ(ＮＨ4) 2 ＳＯ4置于恒重坩埚中 ,再放入坩埚炉中升温至设定温度 ,恒温0 5ｈ ,取出冷却 ,称重。并将坩埚中残余物用水溶解 ,测定水溶液中的Ｈ+、ＮＨ+4、ＳＯ2 -4 等离子的含量。其中ＮＨ+4含量采用甲醛法测定 ,ＳＯ2 -4 含量采用硫酸钡重量法测定…