Exceptional activity of mesoporous β-MnO2 in the catalytic thermal sensitization of ammonium perchlorate

R. Arun Chandru; Snehangshu Patra; Charlie Oommen; N. Munichandraiah; B. N. Raghunandan

doi:10.1039/C2JM16169A

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Journal of Materials Chemistry

Issue 14, 2012

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Exceptional activity of mesoporous β-MnO₂ in the catalytic thermal sensitization of ammonium perchlorate

R. Arun Chandru,*^a Snehangshu Patra,^b Charlie Oommen,^a N. Munichandraiah^b and B. N. Raghunandan^a

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Department of Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
E-mail: arun.chandru@gmail.com

Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
E-mail: patras@ipc.iisc.ernet.in

J. Mater. Chem., 2012,22, 6536-6538

DOI: 10.1039/C2JM16169A
Received 26 Nov 2011, Accepted 07 Feb 2012
First published online 28 Feb 2012

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Mesoporous β-MnO₂ has been prepared, characterized and demonstrated to possess excellent catalytic activity in the thermal decomposition of ammonium perchlorate. The observed unprecedentedly low decomposition temperatures, fast reaction rates and enhanced heat releases in the catalysed formulations make mesoporous β-MnO₂ promising as a high-performing ballistic modifier in AP-based composite solid rocket propellants.