PAD PROPELLANTS FOR USE AT HIGH TEMPERATURES. 3. EVALUATION OF EXTRUDABLE, HEAT-RESISTANT, COMPOSITE PROPELLANT FOR -65 TO 400 F EXPOSURE

Abstract

Heat-resistant potassium perchlorate/Hycar polyacrylic binder propellants, extrudable in small web geometries, were evaluated for application to propellant actuated cartridges to withstand temperatures from -65 to 400 F. Results of measurements of autoignition temperature, amount and nature of gas evolution, and retention of grain configuration showed these propellants to have thermal stability sufficient to meet the 400 F-4 hour high temperature objective. Extensive firings in the M73 cartridge-M3 (or M5) initiator system from -65 to 400 F demonstrated the ability of these propellants to survive and function, as designed, in a typical propellant actuated device.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1966
Accession Number
AD0483456

Entities

People

  • Martin Visnov

Organizations

  • Frankford Arsenal

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Closed Bomb Tests
  • Combustion
  • Combustion Products
  • Composite Propellants
  • Decomposition
  • Explosive Trains
  • Gunpowder
  • High Temperature
  • Igniters
  • Ignition
  • Material Degradation Processes
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Processing
  • Propellants
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Equipment

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Polymer Science and Engineering.
  • Rocket Propulsion.
  • ballistics.