Thermal Decomposition of Tetraethylammonium Perchlorate

✍ Scribed by M. R. Udupa

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1982
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 209 KB
• Volume: 7
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0721-3115
• DOI: 10.1002/prep.19820070605

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

Thermal decomposition of tetraethylammonium perchlorate has been studied by thermogravimetry, differential thermal analysis and mass spectrometry. The title compound undergoes crystallographic transformation at 98°C and explodes at 298°C. The heat of phase transformation is calculated to be 2.5 kcal/mol. The mass spectral data suggest that the salt undergoes thermal decomposition into neutral particles which are then vapourized and ionized as well as oxidized.