Blast Hazards of CO/N2O Mixtures.

Abstract

A preliminary investigation into the explosion hazards associated with vapor and condensed phase mixtures of carbon monoxide (CO) and Nitrous Oxide (N2O) has been accomplished at the Air Force Rocket Propulsion Laboratory. Quantities of CO and N2O, ranging from 50 to 850 pounds, were combined in unconfined and semi-confined configurations and exploded using No. 8 blasting caps supported by a squib as the initiator. The configurations incorporated in the test matrix were designed to reproduce the variety of mixing modes that the two propellants would experience were they to escape, due to line or component failure, from a closed system into a test cell. Peak overpressures were measured as a function of time and distance from the explosion site. (Modified author abstract)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1973
Accession Number
AD0775158

Entities

People

  • Charles R. Mastromonico
  • Forrest S. Forbes

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Air Force
  • Buildings And Structures
  • Carbon Monoxide
  • Dielectric Gases
  • Explosions
  • Explosives Initiators
  • Materials
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Monoxides
  • Overpressure
  • Oxides
  • Propellants
  • Research Facilities
  • Rocket Propulsion

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  • Combustion science or combustion engineering.
  • Explosive Engineering.