Proceedings International Pyrotechnics Seminar (3rd), Held at Colorado Springs, Colorado, 21-25 August 1972

Abstract

Contents: Possible Mechanisms for Burning Rate/Candlepower Enhancement in Illuminants; Gas Generators for Inflating Auto Crash Bags; A comparison of Ground and Atomized Magnesium in Pour-Cast Illuminants; Formation of Pyrophoric Fragments; Development and Evaluation of Explosive Materials for the Task of Explosive Dispersion of Projectiles; Pyrotechnic Flare Spectroscopy II; The Chemical Reactivity of Ferric Oxide; Feasibility Study of a Self- Suspending Flare System; Some Factors Affecting Burning Rates and Variability of Tungsten and Manganese Delay Compositions; The State-of-the-Art of Navy pyrotechnic Delays; Analytical and Functional Tests of Naturally Aged Explosive Ordnance in the Pershing Leap Program; Properties and Applications of Boron/potassium Nitrate; The Influence of Transition Metal Compounds on the Aluminum- Sodium Nitrate Reaction; A Flickering Signal Flare; Smoke/Flame Pyrotechnics; Flow-castable Compositions for Illumination Flares; Use of Propellant Gas Generators for the Emptying of Capacities at Great Diving Depths; Pyrotechnic Special Effects in motion Pictures; Improved Binder Systems for Flare Compositions; Pour-Castable Compositions for Colored Smoke Signals; Observations of the Surface Details of Burning Mg/NaNO3/Binder Flares; Factors Affecting the Stoichiometry of the Magnesium-Sodium Nitrate Combustion Reaction.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1972
Accession Number
AD0913408

Entities

People

  • Ralph M. Blunt

Organizations

  • Denver Research Institute

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Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Counter IED
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Burning Rate
  • Chemical Reaction Properties
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Chemical Synthesis
  • Chemistry
  • Combustion
  • Energy Transfer
  • Ignition
  • Material Degradation Processes
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Science
  • Measurement
  • Organic Chemistry
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Thermodynamics

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  • Rocket Propulsion.