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The acceleratory effect of potassium perchlorate on the reactivity of the red lead-silicon system has been studied by employing DTA and DSC. Supporting investigations on pure potassium perchlorate and the binary system red lead-potassium perchlorate suggest that the complex decomposition kinetics of potassium perchlorate drastically influences the oxidation of silicon. Further, the ternary system also undergoes a transition from exothermic smooth decomposition to ignition at a certain critical mass, as noted in the red lead-silicon and iron(III) oxide system. The criticality should be a result of the rise in temperature expressed as a perturbation of the steady-state energy conservation conditions, as postulated by Gray.
The kinetics of oxidation of metallic fuels by metal oxides involve some of the most important parameters determining the utility of any metal oxide system in pyrotechnic applications. An attempt has been made to study the oxidation of Ta metal by strong oxidizers such as PbO2 and Pb3O4, employing differential thermal analysis and infrared spectroscopy. The rate of oxidation of Ta increases with increasing oxidizer content in both Ta-PbO2 and Ta-Pb3O4, systems. A tentative mechanism for the observed phenomenon is proposed.
