Coulometric Measurement of HCl in Space Launch Vehicle Exhaust.
Abstract
Large solid-propellant rocket motors release quantities of hydrogen chloride (HCl) gas as a product of combustion. Since HCl is a potential environmental hazard, the measurement of its concentration in the stabilized rocket exhaust ground cloud becomes important to validate diffusion estimates governing launch constraints, as well as to assess the biologic and ecologic impact of HCl reactions which may occur in the exhaust plume. This paper describes the development and test of a microcoulometer for detection of HCl in rocket exhaust, and presents analytical results from Titan III launch vehicle monitoring studies at Cape Canaveral, Florida, and Vandenberg Air Force Base, California.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 1975
- Accession Number
- ADA016992
Entities
People
- David C. Beatty
- Richard L. Miller
- Robert C. Legday
Organizations
- United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine