USE OF ORGANIC DYES IN WHITE SMOKE FORMULATIONS

Abstract

Compositions containing potassium chlorate, sugar, vinyl alcohol acetate resin (VAAR), and the white dyes 2-chloroanthraquinone, and 1,4,5,8- tetrachloranthraquinone were found to produce good quality gray-white smoke clouds. With XM168 ground signal parts as test vehicles, the burning time of pressed pellets containing these dyes was between 16 and 25 seconds. Burning was slightly faster if granular rather than powdered dyes were used. Compositions containing 2-chloroanthraquinone had an ignition temperature of 135C, a temperature lower than desired for safe manufacture. An attempt to bring the ignition temperature up to a safer range by coating the ingredients with VAAR prior to the actual blending of the composition met with little success. Compositions containing 1,4,5,8-tetrachloroanthraquinone had an acceptable ignition temperature of 305C. The impact sensitivity values were 8 inches for both compositions. Both were insensitive to friction.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1968
Accession Number
AD0676118

Entities

People

  • Ralph Manno

Organizations

  • Picatinny Arsenal

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Alcohols
  • Ammunition
  • Blending
  • Chlorine Compounds
  • Colored Smokes
  • Combustion
  • Friction
  • Materials
  • New York
  • Organic Compounds
  • Potassium
  • Pyrotechnics
  • Quinones
  • Sensitivity
  • Test Vehicles
  • Vehicles
  • Vinyl Alcohol

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  • Chemistry (specifically Chemical Fluorescence)
  • Rocket Propulsion.
  • Surface Coatings Technology.