Research on the Deflagration of High-Energy Solid Oxidizers
Abstract
Further experiments have been performed in which the flame temperature above deflagrating hydrazine diperchlorate has been measured with fine thermocouples. A flame temperature of about 1350 deg K is indicated for an ambient pressure of about 20 atmospheres. This is substantially below the theoretical flame temperature of about 1600 deg K. The thermal decomposition of hydrazine diperchlorate has been investigated from 211-291 deg C. The rates of thermal decomposition have been examined and indicate a complex process. Preliminary experiments have been performed on the thermal decomposition of hydrazine diperchlorate-copper chromite mixtures. Ammonium perchlorate has been found in the surface of a strand of hydrazine diperchlorate which had been ignited at an elevated pressure, allowed to deflagrate partially and extinguished by sudden pressure release. Deflagration rate measurements from six to one hundred and thirty atmospheres are reported for pressed hydrazine diperchlorate.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 19, 1965
- Accession Number
- AD0617272
Entities
People
- J. B. Levy
Organizations
- ARCO