DEVELOPMENT OF FLEXIBLE POLYMERS AS THERMAL INSULATION IN SOLID-PROPELLANT ROCKET MOTORS

Abstract

FLEXIBLE EPOXY, MELAMINE, AND PHENOLIC RESINS WERE DEVELOPED. Some of the more promising were tested in static motor firings. Data for the best materials developed to date are tabulated. Char rates obtained in the same motor firing are reported for one of the commercially available materials, U. S. Rubber Company's 3015. Motor firings and oxyacetylene torch tests have shown several other phenolic-Syl Kem 90 formulations, a 1:1 modification of Epon 815 with XR2000, and a 1:1 modification of Epon 828 with EM206, to have good insulation properties. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 13, 1961
Accession Number
AD0266858

Entities

People

  • J. Duffy
  • N. Vasileff
  • T. Walton

Organizations

  • ARCO

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Absorbers (Materials)
  • Energetic Materials
  • Insulation
  • Materials
  • Melamines
  • Propellants
  • Rocket Engines
  • Rockets
  • Solid Propellants
  • Thermal Insulation

Readers

  • Polymer Science and Engineering.
  • Rocket Propulsion.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Microelectromechanical Systems