STUDY OF SUSCEPTIBILITY OF SOLID COMPOSITE PROPELLANTS TO EXPLOSION OR DETONATION

Abstract

The feasibility of controlling the sensitivity of propellants, particularly by surrounding them with a suitable gas, is discussed. It is based on the arguments that shock in air produces certain species that are known to promote initiation of several explosives, and that this promoting effect occurs by chemical reaction on the surface of the explosive. The first step in a study of this type should then be to establish whether the sensitivity of a given explosive may be affected at all by controllable conditions are contact with a particular gas, contact with a particular metal, surface treatment with some material.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 15, 1962
Accession Number
AD0288553

Entities

People

  • T. G. Owe-berg

Organizations

  • Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter IED
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acids
  • Brittleness
  • Carbon Steels
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Composite Propellants
  • Explosives
  • Grain Boundaries
  • Heat Treatment
  • Iron
  • Material Degradation Processes
  • Materials
  • Metals
  • Nitric Acid
  • Picric Acid
  • Solid Solutions
  • Stainless Steel
  • Stress Corrosion

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Electrochemical Engineering/ Fuel Cell Technologies
  • Rocket Propulsion.