FUNDAMENTALS OF LIQUID PROPELLANT SENSITIVITY

Abstract

OST OF THE WORK HAS INVOLVED IDENTIFYING AND CONTROLLING THE SIGNIFICANT EXPERIMENTAL VARIABLES. It was found that sufficient time mst be allowed for a liquid-vapor equilibrium to be reached in the shock tube in order to obtain consistent results with nitroglycerine samples. O shocks in the range of Mach 3.7 will then cause the detonation of nitroglycerine within 0 to 1000 microseconds after the shock has been reflected from the surface of the sample. O or Ar shocks in the range of Mach 3 will cause the detonation of Cl207 within 100 microseconds. Apparently, UV radiaion does not cause the detonation of nitroglycerine, while IR radiation is quite effective. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 10, 1961
Accession Number
AD0261508

Entities

People

  • E.l. Grove
  • T.a. Erikson

Organizations

  • IIT Research Institute

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Detonations
  • Energetic Materials
  • Liquid Propellants
  • Materials
  • Microsecond Time
  • Propellants
  • Radiation
  • Sensitivity
  • Shock Tubes
  • Tubes

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

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