PYROTECHNIC DISSEMINATION RESEARCH STUDIES
Abstract
The experiments which were performed included adiabatic self-heating (ASH) measurements, differential thermal analysis (DTA) measurements, burning rate measurements as a function of pressure, temperature profile measurements in the combustion zone, and agent yield measurements utilizing a total recovery technique. The ASH experiments defined the activation energy of a typical pyrotechnic and of binary mixtures of its ingredients and showed that a burning- rate derived activation energy is necessarily unreliable because of its dependence on the physical process of heat transfer. The DTA measurements defined the endotherms and exotherms to be expected as a function of temperature. Burning rate studies indicated that pyrotechnics have a burning rate law which resembles that of solid rockets. Agent yield measurements demonstrated that large layer pyrotechnics were more effective than small ones.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 1967
- Accession Number
- AD0819593
Entities
People
- C. E. Wooldridge
- J. E. Baldwin
Organizations
- SRI International