Thermal decomposition of ammonium perchlorate based mixture with fullerenes

The effects of fullerenes, including fellerene soot (FS), extracted fullerene soot (EFS) and pure C₆₀ on the thermal decomposition of ammonium perchlorate (AP) compared with traditional carbon black (CB) catalyst has been studied by employing thermogravimetry (TG), differential thermal analysis (DTA), infrared spectroscopy (IR) and ignition temperature experiments. The results showed that the addition of CB and FS to AP reduced the activation energy as well as the temperature at maximum decomposition rate, but that of EFS and pure C₆₀ had little effect on the thermal decomposition of AP, and among all catalysts, FS was the best one.