THE COMBUSTION OF A GRANULAR MIXTURE OF POTASSIUM PERCHLORATE AND ALUMINUM CONSIDERED AS EITHER A DEFLAGRATION OR A DETONATION

Abstract

The combustion front in a column of a granuar mixture of potassium perchlorate and aluminum has been observed to propagate stably at either a low speed (300m/s) with a short reaction zone (2 cm), or a high one (900 m/s) with an elongated reaction zone (8 cm), and with an occasional rapid transition between them. Calculations are made to categorize the observed phenomena as those of either a deflagration or a detonation.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1963
Accession Number
AD0296417

Entities

People

  • Joseph Hershkowitz

Organizations

  • Picatinny Arsenal

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Chemical Reactions
  • Coefficients
  • Combustion
  • Differential Equations
  • Energy
  • Equations Of State
  • Explosives
  • Gas Laws
  • Heat Energy
  • Heat Transfer
  • High Pressure
  • Materials
  • Materials Science
  • Particle Size
  • Specific Heat
  • Specific Volume
  • Thermal Expansion

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Combustion Dynamics and Shock Wave Physics.
  • Rocket Propulsion.