The invention relates to the technical field of energetic materials, in particular to
nickel fluoride catalyzed
ammonium perchlorate / aluminum composite fuel and a preparation method and application thereof. The
ammonium perchlorate / aluminum composite fuel consists of the following components in percentage by
mass: 50-70% of
ammonium perchlorate, 0-10% of
nickel fluoride and the balance of aluminum
powder. Due to the addition of NiF2, high and low
decomposition peaks of AP are combined into a violent exothermic peak, and the temperature of the high-temperature
decomposition peak is reduced by about 30 DEG C, which means that the burning rate of the
propellant can be greatly improved; the
heat effect of the fluorination reaction (55.98 kJ. G <-1 >) of aluminum is far higher than the
heat effect of the oxidation reaction (31.05 kJ. G <-1 >) of aluminum, so that the explosion heat is improved by about 10% while the
reaction path is optimized. Besides, the
anhydrous NiF2 used in the formula is stable in physical and chemical properties and does not absorb
moisture and deliquesce, the problem of long-term storage of common fluorides such as CuF2 and FeF3 is solved, and the product reliability is extremely high.