The Deflagration of Pure and Isomorphously Doped Ammonium Perchlorate.

Abstract

The deflagration behavior of pure and doped ammonium perchlorate (AP) was studied over the pressure range 300 to 6,000 psia, using cinephotomicrography of burning samples and scanning electron microscopy of quenched samples. Materials studied were pure AP in single-crystal and pressed-pellet form, and single crystals with controlled isomorphous substitution of K(+), MnO4(-) and Cr2O7(-2) ions. This study shows that previous speculations regarding the combustion of AP are based on erroneous assumptions, and more realistic views, based on the observations, are proposed. In addition, some serious questions regarding the relevance of low-temperature, low-heating-rate, and low-pressure decomposition data to actual combustion are posed. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1970
Accession Number
AD0874527

Entities

People

  • Donald E. Zurn
  • Edward W. Price
  • Thomas L. Boggs

Organizations

  • Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake

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Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Ammonium Perchlorate
  • Burning Rate
  • Combustion
  • Composite Propellants
  • Electron Microscopes
  • Electron Microscopy
  • Heat Energy
  • High Pressure
  • Hydroxides
  • Ignition
  • Ignition Lag
  • Low Temperature
  • Microscopes
  • Microscopy
  • Motion Pictures
  • Scanning Electron Microscopes
  • Scanning Electron Microscopy

Readers

  • Combustion science or combustion engineering.
  • Educational Psychology
  • Materials Science and Engineering.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics