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(U) THERMAL DECOMPOSITION STUDIES OFA NEW PERCHLORATE OXIDIZER
Raymond E. Foscante, Capt, USAF
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(C) This is a phase report of work done at the Air Force Rocket Pro-pulsion Laboratory to determine the results of thermal decomposition onmethylenedioxyamine diperchlorate (DOAP). This work was accomplishedunder Project 314804ACP during the period July through October 1968 byCapt Raymond E. Foscante and Mr. Berge B. Goshgarian. Dr. FranciscoQ. Roberto served as overall Program Manager for DOAP synthesis andevaluation.
(U) This report has been reviewed and approved.
NORMAN J. VANDERHYDEChief, Solid Propellant BranchPropellant DivisionAir Force Rocket Propulsion Laboratory
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ABSTRACT
(C) The initial step in the thermal decomposition of methylenedioxya-0mine diperchlorate occurs at 60 C with the loss of a perchloric acid group
to form the monoacid salt as an intermediate. As the temperature increases,the latter undergoes a concerted cyclization - cleavage reaction to formformamide and hydroxylammonium perchlorate.
(U) Mass spectrometry was used to formulate a working hypothesis for"~Ithe decomposition. The existence of each of the postulated intermediates
in the reaction was verified by independent experiments.
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(U) I INTRODUCTION ...... ................. I
(U) II MASS SPECTROMETRIC DECOMPOSITION STUDIES. 2
(U) III VERIFICATION OF INTERMEDIATES ........... .13
(C) IV DECOMPOSITION OF METHYLENEDIOXYAMINEMONOPERCHLCRATE ....... .............. 26
(U) V SIDE REACTIONS DURING DECOMPOSITION ... ...... 29
(U) VI MECHANISTIC HYPOTHESIS .... .......... 31
(U) VII COMPARISON WITH OTHER AMINEPERCHLORATES ...... .............. 33
(U) VIII EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURE .... ......... 35
A. Sample Preparation ..... ............. 36
B. Thermal Analysis ...... .............. 36
(U) REFERENCES ....... .................... 37
(U) DISTRIBUTION ....... .................. . 39
(U) FORM 1473 .......... ..................... 45
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(U) 1 Plot of Ion Intensity versus Temperature forFormamide and Related Species from DOAPDecomposition ...... ................. 3
(U) 2 Plot of Ion Intensity versus Temperature forHydroxylamine and Related Species from Dr'APDecomposition ...... ................. 7
(U) 3 Plot of Ion Intensity versus Temperature forPerchloric Acid and Related Species from DOAPDecomposition ........ ................. 9
(U) 4 Comparative Plot of Pressure versus Temperaturefor the Decomposition of DOAP and HAP .......... . 10
(U) 5 DTA Thermogram for DOAP .... ....... ... 14
(U) 6 DTA Thermogram for 80 0 C Vacuum-TreatedDOAP ....... ................... .. 15
(C) 7 DTA Thermogram for HydroxylammoniumPerchlorate ....... .................. 16
(U) 8 Plot of Weight Loss versus Time for 60 0 C andVacuum-Treated DOAP ..... .............. 19
(U) 9 DTA Thermogram for 60 0 C Vacuum-Treated DOAP 20
0(U) 10 DTA Thermogram for 70 C Vacuum-Treated DOAP 21
(U) 11 X-Ray Diffraction Pattern for HydroxylammoniumPerchlorate ....... .................. 23
(C) 12 X-Ray Diffraction Pattern for MethylenedioxyamineDiperchlorate ......... .................. 24
(U) 13 X-Ray Diffraction Pattern for 70°C Vacuum-TreatedDOAP ........... .................... 25
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(U) I Mass Spectrum of Thermal DecompositionProducts from DOAP ...... .............. 4
(C) H Comparative Mass Spectra of Formamide,Methylene Dioxyamine, and SelectedDecomposition Species from DOAP .. ........... 5
(U) III Mass Spectral Ion Ratios for HAP and DOAP ........ 1
(U) IV Elemental Analysis of 80 C Vacuum-Treated DOAP . . . 18
(U) V Comparative Mass Spectra for Do-MonoperchlorateDecomposition and Selected Species from Do,Formamide, I-AP ..... ............... .. 28
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~SECTION I
INTRODUCTION
(C) Methylenedioxyamine diperchlorate (DOAP) is a new material
synthesized and characterized within recent months at AFRPL (1). As
part of its evaluation as a potential s::!.Ad propellant oxidizer, studies were
initiated to determine the mechanism by which this compound undergoes
thermal decomposition. Knowledge of this mechanism was sought to pro-
vide a sound basis for predictions and conclusions concerning the stability
of DOAP in various thermal and chemical environments. To this end, the
thermal behavior of the oxidizer was studied over a broad temperature
range to detect endothermic and exothermic transformations, to establish
the initial step in the decomposition reaction, and to identify, anc, where
possible, to isolate intermediate species. Various analytical and experi-
mental techniques were employed, including mass spectrometry, differ-
ential thermal analysis (DTA), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC),
thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), infrared spectroscopy, and X-ray and
elemental analysis.
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MASS SPECTROMETRIC DECOMPOSITION STUDIES
(C) Studies of recrystallized DOAP (see Section VIII) were used as the
b- sis for mechanistic conclusions concerning the decomposition behavior
of the material. Tle data obtained for key ian species over the tempera-
ture range of 60 to 95 0 C (0. 5°C/min heating rate) for recrystallized DOAP
are listed in Table I. These data have been corrected for pressure and
the time required to collect a constant quantity of ions on the mass spectro-
meter photoplate at a given temperature.
(C) The mass spectrum of the decomposition species from DOAP canbe grouped according to three main parent species: formamide, hydroxyl-
amine, and perchlocic acid. There is also a minor contribution to the
spectrum by impurities and species resulting from reaction of the contami-
nants with perchloric acid.
(U) The effect of these impurities is to reduce the temperature at which
decomposition begins. The reaction occurring between the organic impuri-
ties and perchloric acid in the solid or on its surface will be exothermic
and thereby add thermal energy to the system. This self-heating effect
enhances the decomposition rate of impure samples as compared to recrys-
tallized DOAP.
(C) The presence of formamide as an intermediate in the decomposition
of methylenedioxyamine diperchlorate was demonstrated by high-resolution
mass spectrometry and by comparison with the cracking pattern for a known
sample of formamide (Table II). Figure 1 shows a plot of the ion intensities
for key species from the cracking pattern of formamide as obtained from
DOAP. From Figure 1 it can be seen that the formamide-forming reaction
* reaches its peak at 85°C (0. 3x10 " torr) and is ebbnLiaiiy complete by0
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Relative Intensity
AMU ION 4xl7nm 9xIoT7 mm zxlO "5 2.5x106 mm 3.4x10 " 6- m67 0 C 80LC 850C 910 C 970 C
27 HCN . z. 6 4.0 1.4 0.85
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28.1 N 0.6 0.7 0.5 0.6 0.6
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29 CHO 0.5 0.5 1.9 0.7 o.6
30 NO 0.9 3.4 4.2 1.8 5.6
30. 1 CH.O 0.2 0.9 0.9 0.5 0.3
31. 1 CH30 0.2 0. z 0.3 0.04 0.03
32 02 0.5 1.4 1.2 1.4 2.7
33 NH 2OH - 0.1 0.08 0.15 0.4
36 HCI 2. 1 5.4 2.3 3.1 3.9
44 CO . 1.9 5.3 2. 1 Z. 4 2.3
44.1 0.02 0.4 0.2 0.4 1.0
45. 1 CHz ONH 0.7 2.1 10.6 1.4 0.6
46 NO 2 0.03 0.1 0.15 0.14 0.22
51 CIO 0.4 1.7. 3.6 1.7 z. 6
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83 CIO3 0.2 0.26 4.4 0.6 1.0
100 HCIO 0.1 0. 2 Z. 6 0.4 0.54
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Relative Intensity Relative Intensity Relative IntengityIon Specie DOA D.OAP Formamide (1)
CH 2 1.9 4.2
NH2 52.5 8.2 -
CF N 70.0 44.3
2H 0 22.4 5.6.
NH OH 105.0 2.7
cHoN 6.0 16.0 16.0
CHONH 45.1 20.7 22.0
CHONH z 12.3 100.0 100.0
'CH 2 ONH2 100.0 1.6
HCN z2. 5 55.0
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(C) Further insight into the mechanism by which formamide is formed
in the decomposition of DOAP was obtained from a comparison of the crack-
ing pattern for the free amine methylenedioxyamine (DO), CHz(ONHz) 2 ,
and the C-H-N-O decomposition products of DOAP. These are shown in
Table II. The DO cracking pattern contains a species at m/e 46
(CH z ONH 2) whichi'is the largest in the spectrum. In the DOAP spectrum
the m/e 46 peak is extrerrely small and is due to the naturally occurring13 and not C+ N 2 CosqetyC isotope of formamide (C1 3 HONH 2 +) and not CH ONH2 . Consequently,
the decomposition of DOAP does not occur through dissociation of the salt
to the free amine (DO) and perchloric acid. A condensed-phase rearrange-
ment and cleavage is required to give formamide as one of the intermediates.
(U) As the temperature is increased, the peak at m/e 33, identified
as NH OH+, also increases in concentration. Figure Z gives a plot of the
ion intensities/temperature relationship for the cracking fragments of
hydroxylamine and its oxidation products from DOAP decomposition. Small
amounts of hydroxylamine are being produced during the low-temperature
stages of the reaction. An initial maximum concentration of NO is reached
at 850C corresponding to the maximum DOAP decomposition. The NO
concentration "then decreases until the decomposition of HAP surpasses that,
for DOAP, at which time the NHzOH and its oxidation product concentrations
increase.
(C) Hydroxylamine is formed by the electron bombardment of methylene-
dioxyamine; however, since no free amine is detected in the DOAP decom-
position pattern under analogous conditions, the hydroxylamine must arise
from another source. Similarly, m/e 33 (NH OH+) does not originate from2the electron bombardment or fragmentation of formamide. The source of
m/e 33 in the DOAP mass spectrum must be another decomposition inter-
mediate more stable than DOAP itself, since the NH2 OH+ pattern does not
contribute appreciably to the overall spectra until relatively high tempera-
r tures are reached.
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(U) Perchloric acid is liberated over the entire temperature range
during the decomposition reaction (Figure 3). Removal of one perchloric
acid molecule and cleavage of formamide from the remaining mono-acid
salt w-l give hydroxylammonium perchlorate (HAP) as an accompanying
intermediate. HAP formation would occur simultaneously with formamide
generation; however, the former would remain intact and not contribute
substantially to Lhe spectra until an elevated temperature is reached. At
this temperature most of the DOAP would have been decomposed, as
evidenced from Figures 1 and 2.
(U) The spccies corresponding to HAP decomposition and fragmentation
of its intermediates, i. e. , NO, O , NH2 OH, N O, and HClO 4 (and its
fragments) continue to increase in intensity as the temperature rises
(Figures 2 and 3). Those species related to DOAP degradation, i. e.
CHONH 2 HCN, and other H-C-N-O fragments, decrease with increasing
temperature (Figure 1). The perchloric acid peak intensities observed in
the 900 to 1000C range are directly related to the hydroxylamine peak
intensities and not to formamide.
(U) In order to substantiate the existence of HAP in the DOAP decom-
position pattern, a samplc of HAP was heated in the direct inlet of the mass
spectrometer, using the identical conditions as in the DOAP runs. Figure 4
presents comparative plots for pressure-temperature data for DOAP and
HAP. The curve for HAP parallels that for the DOAP baseline up to the
temperature where HAP dissocia is accelerated. It appears from this
data that HAP is continually being rmed from the DOAP rearrangement
and dissociating at the same rate as the known HAP sample. Ion ratios
from both the HAP and DOAP data between 92.5 0 and 9500 are given in
Table III. The data correlate will within E10% experimental error encoun-
tered in photoplate data retrieval.
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can be formed. The decomposition of m ethyle nedioxya mine diperchiorate
appears to be initiated by the loss of one perchioric acid group to form the
nionoperchiorate salt. Since no parent species other than m/e 45
(formamide), 100 (perchloric acid), and 33 (hydroxylamine) are observed
in the cracking pattern, a condensed-phase concerted rearrangement-
cleavage reaction must be postulated as leading to two major intermediates,
formamide and hydroxylammoniurn pe rchlorate.
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HAP DOAP
Ion Ratio Ion Ratio
N 21.5 N2 2. z
NO 12.0 NO 11.8
02 5. Z 02 6.9
NH2OH 1.0 NH2OH 1.0
N O 3.4 NO 2.4
C10 2 10.3 C1Oz 9.3
Ci03 1.7 CiO3 3.0
NO Z 0.8 NO [ 0.7
Pressure 2. 5x10" 6mm Pressure 3x0 6 amm
Temperature 92. 5 - 95 C
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IU'UrULrI DALSECTION II
VERIFICATION OF INTERMEDIATES
(C) Perchloric acid liberation and decomposition in general were noted
to begin at 650C in the mass spectral decomposition studies. Rapid-heating-
rate experiments at atmospheric pressure, such as DTA, TGA, DSC, show
decomposition occurring at 1400C after the sample has melted. These data,
taken under different heating-rate conditions, imply an induction period
prior to bulk decomposition. Several other experiments were run to clarify
this point and to verify the existence of the postulated intermediates in the
decomposition. Samples of DOAP were placed in an eva.-uated glass tube
and heated in a constant-temperature bath at 600C. In less than 2 days the
samples liquified. No gaseous decomposition products (or pressure rises)
were detected above the samples when the tubes were opened into a vacuum
rack. Infrared analysis of the residue gave absorbances for perchlorate
and amide groups. The characteristic absorbances for DOAP (Figure 5)
were missing, indicating decomposition of the starting material at a temper-
ature far below that determined by such conventional methods as DTA.
(C) The weight loss from DOAP was monitored at 60, 70, and 850C.
Samples (in this case unrecrystallized DOAP) were placed in a continuously
evacuated oven/(<100 microns) and weighed periodically. At 850C, both
samples liquified after 16 hours and resolidified when the temperature was
reduced below 800C. The average weight loss from the sample for the dur-
ation of the experiment was 39%. DTA of the treated sample gave a ther-
mogram (Figure 6) which very closely matches that for HAP (Figure 7).
The melting endotherm for DOAP is missing in the thermogram for the
thermally treated sample and only a minimal amount of starting material is
present, as indicated by the slight exotherm at 1500C. The DTA thermo-
arnm ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ i fn- ngr ntr5. CofT'fNM11. r pre , 1 TiiA Figure 5. vieiting occurs at
1150C followed by exothermic decomposition of the melt over a range from00
140 to 1600C (peak at 1500C). A white solid forms after decomposition at
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occurring at 2600C corresponds to the HAP exotherm, thereby supporting
the premise that the latter cor,pound is formed as a stable decomposition
product.
(C) The presence of other decomposition species (formamide) in the
erstwhile DOAP sample act as contaminants, thereby lowering the melting
point of the HAP formed.
(C) Elemental analyses of the 80 0C vacuum-treated samples are given
in Table IV. The average elemental ratios in the samples are C1 H2 0 N5 . 2"
Since all the forma ,ie and perchloric acid formed during the vacuum
thermal treatment would be removed by vaporization, only HAP and unde-
composed DOAP remain. Based on this assumption and the average weight
loss of 39%, a HAP-DOAP ratio of 3 to I results from treatment under
these temperature, time, and pressure conditions.
(C) Another DOAP sample was subjected to similar treatment at 600C
for 600 hours. These data are plotted in Figure 8. There is a weight loss
for the first 2 hours amounting to 2% per hour. After 24 hours, the sample
has lost 5. 5% of its initial weight. The weight loss rate continued to
decrease to the end of the run, where the total change after 600 hours was
20%. This represents an average rate of 0. 03%/hour at 600C and of 100
microns. DTA of this sample showed no difference between the starting
material (DOAP) and the sample after vacuum thermal treatment (Figure 9).
(C) The remainder of the sample was reheated at 700C under vacuum
(100 micron) until 50% by weight of the remaining sample has been lost.
The DTA thermogram for this sample is shown in Figure (10). Once again,
the starting material (DOAP) was almost completely converted to HAP.
This sample did not melt n r liquify ,since the ielting point of HAP was not
reached. Elemental analysis of this material, assuming only HAP and
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IVac Heat Vac HeatOriginal Treated Treated Avg
Element Theoretical Sample 8ZPC 100 M 8500 100 i Treated
C 4.316 4.5% 1.7% 1.6%6 1.6576
H 2.9%0 2. 8% 2. 8% 2. 7% 2-75%6
N 10.1% 10.0%0 10. 1% 10. 0% 10.05%
Elemental Ratio
C 1 H 2 0 N 5 .2
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an elemental ratio of C1 H3 5 2 N8 .8.
(C) X-ray analysis of the 70 0 C vacuum-treated sample confirms the
observation that the solid remaining after DOAP decomposition is HAP.
Recorded density values for the X-ray diffraction patterns for HAP, DOAP,
and thermal vacuum-treated (TVT) DOAP are given in Figures 11, 12, and
13. Every line corresponding to HAP is present in the TVT-DOAP sample
pattern, with the exception of one line noted in the TVT-DOAP pattern at
5. 28 inches. The lines for DOAP at 5. 54, 5. 91, and 6. 32 inches are
masked in the TVT-DOAP pattern by the intense HAP lines at 5. 6, 6. 1,
and 6. 3 inche3.
(C) Based on these data, it is concluded that the majority of the 70°C
vacuum-treated DOAP sample was converted to HAP; approximately 12%
of the original DOAP survived. Melting of the bulk sample is apparently
not required for decomposition and rearrangement. A solid-phase or
K surface reaction is implied.
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SECTION IV
DECOMPOSITION OF METHYLENEDIOXYAMINEMONOPERCHLORATE
(C) In order to verify the proposed mechanism for thermal rearrange-
ment/decomposition of DOAP, a sample of methylenedioxamine mono-
perchlorate, H NOCH ONH - HC10 4 (DOAMP), was prepared (2) and decom-posed in the mass spectrometer under the same experimental conditions
used in the DOAP study. The ion source pressure during programmed
heating of the monoperchlorate reached maxima at two temperatures, 85
to 86°C and 90 C A third temperature-pressure rise began at 92 0C and
continued to the termination of the experiment at 970C.
(U) The initial pressure rise was accompanied by a cooling of the
sample (endothermic reaction). The second pressure increase occurred
simultaneously with sample self-heating (exothermic reaction). Table Vshows the key ion intensities appearing during the initial stages of each
pressure rise.
(U) The initial pressure rise may be attributed to the liberation of
occluded starting material, mostly the free amine (DO). Such a reaction
is endothermic (boiling). The mass spectrum observed in this region is
identical to the cracking pattern for DO (Table V). An excess of the free
amine was used in the preparation of the mono-acid salt; hence, occlusion
of residual starting material in the solid is a reasonable explanation for
the effects noted in the temperature range.
(U) The second pressure rise is attributable to the formation and
liberation of formamide from the salt. The majority of the spectrum at
this temperature correlates with the cracking pattern for formamide.
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(C) Initial liberation of perchloric acid does not occur until after the
maximum concentration of formamide (and its fragments) is achieved.
Perchloric acid liberation also parallels the pressure rise and the observed
exothermicity effects. Subsequently the hydroxylamine species, as well as
NO, 0 , NO, NO?, and perchlora.e fragments all increased in concentra-22 2
tion. The mass spectrum in this temperatre range can be attributed to the
thermal decomposition of HAP (Table V).
(U) These data support the segmental aspects of the mechanism pro-
posed for DOAP decomposition. After initial loss of perchloric acid from
the di-acid salt (DOAP), the monoperchlorate remains as a stable inter-
mediate. Degradation of the latter gives formarnide, which is not accom-
panied by perchloric acid formation, ar'd hydroxylammonium F.-rchlorate
as the temperature is increased.
(C) The mechanism for methylenedioxyamine monoperchlorate decom-
position can be formalized as follows:
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SECTION V
SIDE REACTIONS DURING DECOMPOSITION
(U) The majority of the experiments described above were r'onducted
under conditions in which initial volatile decomposition products such as
perc.hloric acid and formamide were removed from contact with the solid
starting material and its residue. Several experiments were run to identify
the reactions and products of the decomposition intermediates which would
occur in a closed system.
(U) Mixing formamide and aqueous perchloric acid at room temperature
gave rise to instantaneous precipitate formation. The latter was identified
as ammun;urn perchiorate by infrared and DSC analyses. Infrared analysis
of the v. Liles from the reaction mixture showed the major product to be
formic acid. The formamide was hydrolyzed to the acid and ammonia. The
latter then reacted with perchloric acid to give the salt
0 H0/H4
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NH 3 + HCIO 4 IN. NH 4CIO4
(C) Hydroxylammonium perchlorate is completely miscible with form-
amide. After 24 hours at 600C, appreciable amounts of ammonia and carbon
dioxide were detected when the volatiles from the mixture were expanded
into a vacuum rack and analyzed by infrared analysis. Some dissociationof HAP to hydroxylamine and perchloric acid will occur under these con-
ditions (60 C, vacuum). Water is formed among other products from theIHAP decomposition reaction. Hence, in a closed system, decomposition
of DOAP to HAP, formamide and free perchloric acid can give rise to
numerous side products, including ammonium perchlorate, formic acid,
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or one of its ozidizable decomposition species), water and the decomposition
products of hydroxylamine.
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MECHANISTIC HYPOTHESIS
(C) Based on the evidence cited, the mechanism proposed for the
primary decomposition route of methylenedioxyamine diperchlorate is:
ONH "HCIO4 ONH "HCO 460°C
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H + H ONH2
H-C-NH + HONH HCIO110 2 2 4
(C) Loss of one perchloric acid group leaves the mono-acid salt in a
configuration which is sterically unfavorable. The crystal structure of the
dipe. -hlorate has been destroyed. The mobile free oxyamine group lies
adjacent to the oxyammonium perchlorate group, an equally electron-rich
group. This electronically repulsive situation contributes to the driving
force for the rearrangement. The oxyamine nitrogen is in position relative
to the electrophilic methylene carbon to attack the latter and initiate a con-
certed cyclization-cleavage reaction. Such a mechanism is reasonable in
light of the weakness of the C-O bond and the known existence of three-
membered heterocycles of analogous structure (3) to the postulated proton-
ated oxazirane transition state. Electronic charge balance leads to
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CONFIDENTIALformation of formamide and hydroxylammonium perchlorate. The driving
force, once again, is conversion to more stable products. In essence, the
overall driving force for the reaction is the transition from an unstable
intermediate (sterically distorted monoperchlorate) to a more stable
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SECTION VII
COMPARISON WITH OTHER AMINE PERCHLORATES
(C) The decomposition of methylenedioxyamine diperchlorate is
reminiscent of the thermal behavior of hydrazinium diperchlorate (HP-2)
(References 4 through 7). Both are strong acids; one perchlorate group
is lost relatively easily. Both give more stable solid intermediates, though
in the case of HP-2 the first step in the decomposition is less complex and
cleaner. That is, loss of one perchloric acid group gives only the stable
monoperchlorate as product. Loss of perchloric acid from DOAP gives
rise to a thermally unstable form of its mono-acid salt which continues to
degrade to hydroxylammonium perchlorate, a stable intermediate, plus
formamide. The latter is incompatible with its environment under these
conditions and will react to give volatile products (NH 3 , CO, CO 2 , HCO 2 H)
and possibly some AP.
(C) The key difference between the two oxidizers lies in the hazardous
nature of their composition products. HP-2 continually degrades to a more
hazardous material, i. e. , HP-i, while DOAP does not. In terms of per-
chloric acid liberation, the temperature threshold for this occurrence in
the HP-2 decomposition is considerably lower, i. e. , 400 C compared to
65 0 C for DOAP. This implies better compatibility behavior for DOAP than
HP-2 under processing and storage conditions.
(C) The temperature threshold for decomposition of DOAP is lower
than that for HAP, the latter being a stable product of DOAP degradation.
The rate at which perchloric acid is evolved form DOAP is greater than
that for HAP.
(C) Compatibility behavior dependunt only on these factors (thermal
stability and perchloric acid evolution) should be better in the HAP system.
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CONFIDENTIALThis would be especially true for those effects attributable only to per-
chloric acid reactions under long-term aging conditions. i. e. , HAP pro-
pellants should age better at room temperature than propellants containing
DOAP. This is an oversimplification, however, since factors such as
hydrcscopicity and crystalline phase changes also appear to effect HAP
reactivity (4, 5). The endothermic transition undergone by HAP at 55 0 C
is also accompanied by a marked increase in reactivity. DOAP is less
hydroscopic than HAP and it does not undergo any phase changes below its
melting point. A comparison of the reactivities of these oxidizers is pre-
sently underway at AFRPL. Conclusions concerning DOAP and HAP
compatibility will have to await the results of this study.
(C) For the sake of completeness, the obvious should be stated:
ammonium perchlorate is significantly more stable than DOAP.
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UNCLASSIFIEDSECTION VIII
EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURE
(U) DOAP samples of 0. 01 mg were packed into 2mm OD glass capillary
" tube and placed on the end of a direct-inlet mass spectrometer probe. The
probe consisted of a nichrome wire heater wrapped around a ceramic mm
* ID tube. The sample-containing capillary tube was placed in the ceramic
tube and rested on a thermocouple.
(U) The probe was placed into the ion-source housing of a CEC 21-110
double-focusing mass spectrometer, such that the sample tube exit was
within 1/2 inch of the perpendicular electron ionizing beam. The ion source
housing was evacuated to 2 x 10- 7 torr and warmed to 40 C overnight prior
to a run. Heating rates were regulated to 0. 5°C/minute with a temperature
programmer for 40 C to 100 C. Ions produced from the ionization of gases
being liberated from the sample were collected on an ion-sensitive photo-
graphic plate.
(U) The ion exposure energy transmitted to the plate was kept constant
while the time required for a constant-energy-exposure value varied. Data
was collected at each degree sample temperature. Pressure measurements
were obtained from the ion-source ionization pressure gage.
(U) A total of 30 spectra were recorded on the plate for each experi-
mental run. After plate development, the data was reduced by measuring
the ion line positions, for accurate mass measurements, and density for
relative quantitative measurements. No ion sensitivity corrections were
made since only relative quantitative and qualitative data were desired.
(U) Weight-loss measurements were made on 0. 2 gram samples of
DOAP. Samples were weighed to 0. 1 mg and placed in a vacuum oven pre-
sent at the desired temperature. Continuous evacuation was conducted v ith
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UNCLASSIFIED
I -
UNCLASSIFIEDan effeccive oven vacuum of less than 100 microns. Samples were periodi-
cally removed and cooled in an inert atmosphere dessicator prior to weight-
loss measurements.
A. SAMPLE PREPARATION
'U) The samples of DOAP employed in this study were purified by
reczystallization from ethanol. Elemental and perchlorate analyses
indicated this material to be 98% pure DOAP.
B. THERMAL ANALYSIS
(U) The thermal behavior of various materials was studied on a
Perkin-Elmer Model lB Differential Scanning Calorimeter and a Dupont
Model 900 Differential Thermal Analyzer.
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UNCLASSIFIEDREFERENCES
I. C. S. McDowell, AFRPL, unpublished results.
2. C. S. McDowell, AFRPL, unpublished results.
3. W. D. Emmons, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 79, 5339 (1957).
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(C) The initial step in the thermal decomposition of methylenedioxyamfine
diperchlorate occurs at 60 0 C with the loss of a perchloric acid group to form the
monoacild salt as an intermediate. As the temperature increases, the latter
undergoes a concerted cyclizatioi - cleavage reaction to form formamide and
hydroxyimm--irn perchiorate.
()Mass spectromnetry was used to formulate a working hypothesis for the
d~crnposition. The existence of 2ach of the postulated intermediates in the
reaction was verified byr independent experiments.
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