INVESTIGATION OF THE THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES OF PROPELLANT INGREDIENTS AND THE BURNING MECHANISMS OF PROPELLANTS

Abstract

Work on the heat of formation of alane-terminated liquid beryllium hydride (code ATBH) was completed. From heat of hydrolysis in an HCL-dioxane- water mixture, the heat of formation was derived as -268.6 kcal/mole or -33.65 kcal/100 grams. Heat of solution measurements and X-ray diffraction results indicate diammonium hydrazinium tetraperchlorate (code DAHTP) is a physical mixture of ammonium perchlorate and hydrazinium diperchlorate and not a new compound. The heat of combustion of purified 1,2,3-tris(1,2-bis (difluoroaminoethoxy)) propane (code TVOPA) in oxygen was measured by rotating bomb calorimetry. The derived heat of formation of TVOPA is -208.1 kcal/mole (heat of formation of aqueous HF from NBS Tech. Note 270-1). Work in progress includes the heat of formation CF3ONF2 by explosion of a mixture with hydrogen and the heat of explosion of mixtures of cyanogen and NF3 with the aim of defining the heat of formation of CF4. The flash pyrolytic combustions of boron in oxygen, oxygen and water, and in chlorine are described in terms of the time history of selected species as measured by kinetic spectroscopy.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1967
Accession Number
AD0383031

Entities

People

  • A. C. Swanson
  • D. R. Stull
  • G. C. Sinke
  • R. V. Petrella
  • R. W. Anderson

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Calorimeters
  • Chemistry
  • Chlorides
  • Chlorine
  • Combustion
  • Decomposition
  • Films
  • Heat Capacity
  • Heat Of Combustion
  • Heat Of Formation
  • Heat Of Solution
  • Hydrogen
  • Hydroxides
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Standards
  • Thermodynamic Properties

Fields of Study

  • Chemistry

Readers

  • Combustion science or combustion engineering.
  • Rocket Propulsion.