hey guys today I will show you some reactions with one of the most popular
solid rocket fuel components this is ammonium perchlorate I haven't come up
with any special reactions with it but since it's a strong oxidizer you might
imagine there will be some flashes and explosions in today's video so let's get started
ammonium perchlorate is a white powder which decomposes noticeably above
150 degrees Celsius into chlorine hydrogen chloride nitrogen oxygen and
water vapor
when the temperature reaches 250 degrees Celsius it also sublimates
with decomposing into ammonia and perchloric acid
when heated about 300 degrees Celsius one of the decomposition products of
ammonium perchlorate is nitrogen monoxide that reacting with oxygen forms an
orange nitrogen dioxide this is clearly seen if you pour ammonium perchlorate
on the red hot metallic surface
talking about ammonium perchlorate I can't but show it reacting with metal powders.
The first reaction will be the one with zirconium powder
and the second one involves hafnium powder
even before I launched this channel I shot a reaction similar to this one
that occurs when rocket fuel is burned in solid-state rocket engines.
Where ammonium perchlorate is used as an oxidizer aluminum or magnesium powder is
used as a fuel and polymer fuel is the used both as a fuel and a binder like polyurethane
in this reaction I used magnesium powder and construction foam
that is a foamed polyurethane
another high-energy mixture that can be used as a rocket fuel is ammonium
perchlorate and Decaborane
But wait, guys, that’s not it for the video. I also prepared 2 more reactions with ammonium perchlorate for you.
Keep in mind that we will not use open flame to initiate those.
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