The prolysis of alkali metal pentachlorophenate salts has been studied from 110° to 700℃ by dynamic and isothermal thermogravimetric methods. The results have shown that the thermal stability of chlorophenate salts decreases in the following order: Li-PCP > Na-PCP > K-PCP. TG curves of K-PCP under nitrogen and air were very similar. Apparently, the major thermal reaction of k-PCP at elevated temperature conditions is not effected by oxygen. Nor does the presence of various amounts of KOH in the K-PCP appear to affect the thermal reaction. The kinetics of thermal degradation of Na-PCP and K-PCP were investigated by isothermal thermogravimetric analysis. The activation energies of Na-PCP and K-PCP were found to be 43.2 Kcal/mole and 36.2 Kcal/mole, respectively.