The Chemistry of Reaction Fuels

Abstract

In this translation of a Russian test dealing mainly with liquid and, secondarily, with solid rocket propellants, the following topics are covered: (1) relationship of chemical composition of fuels to their combustion characteristics; (2) various types of jet engines and fuels; (3) composition and physicochemical properties of crude petroleum and of hydrocarbon fuels; (4) fuels based on beryllium, boron nitric acid, oxides of nitrogen, hydrogen peroxide, liquid oxygen, ozone and fluorine compounds; and (5) oxidizers-tetranitromethane, oxygen compounds of chlorine and fluorine, tetrafluorohydrazine, chlorine trifluoride, bromine pentafluoride, perchloric acid.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 08, 1962
Accession Number
AD0294501

Entities

People

  • Y. A. Paushkin

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Alkanes
  • Alkenes
  • Chemical Synthesis
  • Chemistry
  • Hydrocarbon Fuels
  • Material Degradation Processes
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Science
  • Organic Chemistry

Fields of Study

  • Chemistry

Readers

  • Combustion science or combustion engineering.
  • Petroleum Engineering