A NEW SMOKE SCREENING CHEMICAL FOR USE IN AERIAL SMOKE TANKS

Abstract

A review of the literature for chemical smoke agents is presented. Based on this review an experimental program to evaluate new liquid smoke agents was formulated. The results of this experimental program indicated that liquid agents possessing an obscuring power greater than FS can be developed using selected mixtures, solutions, and compounds of phosphorus. A solution of 33 weight % methylene iodide in white phosphorus had a TOP of about 2800. A eutectic mixture of phosphorus sesquisulfide and white phosphorus had a TOP of about 2800. The major difficulty of the agents tested was their pyrophoricity which resulted in handling difficulties. Considerable reduction in the rate of oxidation was accomplished using methylene iodide as a flame inhibiting agent.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1965
Accession Number
AD0479680

Entities

People

  • Robert W. Evans
  • William H. Mclain

Organizations

  • Denver Research Institute

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Burning Rate
  • Chemical Reaction Properties
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Chemical Synthesis
  • Chemistry
  • Combustion
  • Germanium Compounds
  • Literature Surveys
  • Material Degradation Processes
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Science
  • Optical Properties
  • Plastics
  • Smoke
  • Smoke Screens
  • Test And Evaluation

Readers

  • Aerosol Science/Aerosol Physics
  • Instructional Design and Training Evaluation.
  • Organic Chemistry