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Title: A vacuum ultraviolet photoionization study on the thermal decomposition of ammonium perchlorate

Abstract

Pyrolysis products of ammonium perchlorate (NH4ClO4) at 483 K were monitored on line and in situ via single photon photoionization reflectron time-of-flight spectrometry (PI-ReTOF-MS) in the photon energy range of 9.00–17.50 eV. The photoionization efficiency curves (PIE) of the subliming product molecules were collected and allowed for detection of three class of products containing chlorine, nitrogen, and oxygen including atoms and free radicals. The results found suggest a new insight into possible low-temperature decomposition pathways of NH4ClO4.

Authors:
 [1];  [1];  [2];  [2];  [2];  [1]
  1. University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI (United States). Dept. of Chemistry and W.M. Keck Lab. in Astrochemistry
  2. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). Chemical Sciences Division
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Research Org.:
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Chemical Sciences, Geosciences, and Biosciences Division; US Department of the Navy, Office of Naval Research (ONR)
OSTI Identifier:
1436661
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1576823
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-05CH11231; N00014-16-1-2078
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Chemical Physics Letters
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 691; Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 0009-2614
Publisher:
Elsevier
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Citation Formats

Gobi, Sandor, Zhao, Long, Xu, Bo, Ablikim, Utuq, Ahmed, Musahid, and Kaiser, Ralf I. A vacuum ultraviolet photoionization study on the thermal decomposition of ammonium perchlorate. United States: N. p., 2017. Web. doi:10.1016/j.cplett.2017.11.026.
Gobi, Sandor, Zhao, Long, Xu, Bo, Ablikim, Utuq, Ahmed, Musahid, & Kaiser, Ralf I. A vacuum ultraviolet photoionization study on the thermal decomposition of ammonium perchlorate. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cplett.2017.11.026
Gobi, Sandor, Zhao, Long, Xu, Bo, Ablikim, Utuq, Ahmed, Musahid, and Kaiser, Ralf I. Tue . "A vacuum ultraviolet photoionization study on the thermal decomposition of ammonium perchlorate". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cplett.2017.11.026. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1436661.
@article{osti_1436661,
title = {A vacuum ultraviolet photoionization study on the thermal decomposition of ammonium perchlorate},
author = {Gobi, Sandor and Zhao, Long and Xu, Bo and Ablikim, Utuq and Ahmed, Musahid and Kaiser, Ralf I.},
abstractNote = {Pyrolysis products of ammonium perchlorate (NH4ClO4) at 483 K were monitored on line and in situ via single photon photoionization reflectron time-of-flight spectrometry (PI-ReTOF-MS) in the photon energy range of 9.00–17.50 eV. The photoionization efficiency curves (PIE) of the subliming product molecules were collected and allowed for detection of three class of products containing chlorine, nitrogen, and oxygen including atoms and free radicals. The results found suggest a new insight into possible low-temperature decomposition pathways of NH4ClO4.},
doi = {10.1016/j.cplett.2017.11.026},
journal = {Chemical Physics Letters},
number = C,
volume = 691,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Nov 14 00:00:00 EST 2017},
month = {Tue Nov 14 00:00:00 EST 2017}
}

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