A new polyoxometalate （CPFX·HCl）3H4SiW12O40·10H2O was prepared from ciprofloxacin hydrochloride and H4SiW12O40·nH2O in aqueous solution, and characterized by elemental analysis, IR spectra and DTA-TG-DTG techniques. The IR spectrum confirmed the presence of Keggin structure and the characteristic functional group for ciprofloxacin in the compound. The TG-DTA-DTG curves showed that its thermal decomposition was a four-step process consisting of simultaneous collapse of Keggin type structure. The residue of decomposition was the mixture of WO3 and SiO2, confirmed by X-ray diffraction and IR spectroscopy. The decomposition mechanism and nonisothermal kinetic parameters of the polyoxometalate were obtained from an analysis to the TG-DTG curves by the single scanning methods （the Achar method and Coats-Redfern method） and the multiple scanning methods （the Kissinger method, Flynn-Wall-Ozawa method and Starink method）. The results indicate that the kinetic equationswith parameters describing the thermal decomposition reaction are dα/dt=6.65×10^6[3（1-α）^2/3]e^-10495.5/T with E=87.26 kJ/mol and A=6.65×10^6 s^-1 for the second step,dα/dt=7.01×10^9（1-α）e^-18770.7/T with E=156.06 kJ/mol and A=7.01×10^9 s^-1 for the third step,dα/dt=9.77×10^43[（1-α）^2]e^-88980.0/T with E=739.78 kJ/mol and A=9.77×10^43 s^-1 for the fourth step.
