AN INVESTIGATION OF THE GASOLINE AND MIXED FLUORINE-OXYGEN PROPELLANT COMBINATION

Abstract

Further investigations were made on the merit of the hydrocarbon and mixed F-O propellant combination, and the determination of the optimum conditions for high specific impulse was attempted. Twenty-five tests were performed with oxidizer mixtures containing 0, 33, 50, 67, and 100 mole-% F. Maximum performance values were obtained with the oxidizer consisting of 67 mole-% O and 33% F. The maximum specific impulse was 272 lb-sec/lb and the characteristic exhaust velocity was 6720 fps. Tests in which 100% F was used as the oxidizer resulted in damage to the test engine. Tests made with 67% F produced appreciable C; those with 50% F yielded much less C. No unburned C was found after any of the other tests.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1953
Accession Number
AD0022120

Entities

People

  • E. M. Wilson

Organizations

  • Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aviation Gasoline
  • Chambers
  • Contracts
  • Engines
  • Flow
  • Fluorine
  • Fuels
  • Gasoline
  • High Pressure
  • Hydrogen
  • Liquid Oxygen
  • Materials Science
  • Propellants
  • Rocket Engines
  • Specific Impulse
  • Thrust Chambers
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Combustion science or combustion engineering.
  • Fluid Dynamics.
  • Rocket Propulsion.