In order to improve the mechanical properties and thermodynamic
stability of the long needle-like raw material Nitroguanidine (NQ),
it was pulverized by a mechanical pulverization method and dried by
a spray drying method, and three ultrafine NQ samples with different
aspect ratios (2.26, 1.87, and 1.25) were prepared. The samples were
tested and characterized by scanning electron microscopy, digital
imaging particle size analysis, X-ray diffraction, and differential
scanning calorimetry (DSC), and the impact sensitivity and bulk density
of the raw NQ and ultrafine NQ samples were also tested. The results
show that ultrafine NQ has the smallest particle size D50 of 9.18 μm, with uniform particle size distribution, unchanged
crystal structure, and no introduction of impurities, and the impact
sensitivity was the same as that of the feedstock NQ, which was 0.
In addition, with the decreasing aspect ratio of the NQ particles,
their apparent activation energy increased, and the energy required
to be absorbed in the thermal decomposition increased; their thermal
stability was also better.