ATMOSPHERIC SAMPLING STUDY OF NF ROCKET PROPELLANT, REDSTONE ARSENAL, HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA

Abstract

A field study was conducted to measure the concentration of and determine areas of exposure to total fluorides in the exhaust cloud of statically fired six pound motors utilizing a developmental Rohm and Haas NF propellant. Results of the study gave strong indications that only areas exposed to the visible exhaust would be contaminated by fluorides. The study results also indicated that all fluorides in the exhaust were predominantly in the gaseous state. Areas of greatest exhaust cloud total fluoride concentration were found to be at the approximate location where the cloud was initially formed. In the firing tests conducted, exposure to the cloud at any point within its path was determined to be less than one minute in all cases observed. It was estimated that areas at distances greater than 150 meters from the firing point of the six-pound motors would not be significantly exposed to fluorides from the exhaust.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1969
Accession Number
AD0699360

Entities

People

  • Howard A. Wiener
  • Kenneth N. Ports
  • Robert P. Bartell
  • Thomas L. Hess

Organizations

  • United States Army Medical Command

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Air Pollution
  • Combustion
  • Engineering
  • Exhaust Gases
  • Field Tests
  • Fluorides
  • Ground Level
  • Hygiene
  • Measurement
  • Observation
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Propellants
  • Rocket Exhaust
  • Rocket Propellants
  • Rockets
  • Wind Direction

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Mathematics or Statistics
  • Organic Chemistry
  • Rocket Propulsion.