Rr. Mahajan et al., Combustion behaviour of nitrocellulose and its complexes with copper oxide. Hot stage microscopic studies, J THERM ANA, 65(3), 2001, pp. 935-942
Complexes of nitrocellulose (NC - low and high nitrogen content) with coppe
r oxide (CuO) have been synthesized and studied for morphological behaviour
on heating from room temperature to 500 degreesC with the help of hot stag
e microscopy (HSM).
During decomposition, NC:CuO complexes show contraction of fibrous boundari
es followed by mass movement of matrix, with the evolution of brown yellow
colour gas at higher temperatures as compared to NC alone.