Measurement of the Viscosity of Plastic Propellant Ingredients by Parallel Plate Plastometry

Abstract

The viscosities of three liquids used as ingredients of plastic propellant have been measured at room temperature, as a function of strain-rate, by parallel plate plastometry. The liquids were (a) Vistanex LM, a polyisobutene with falling-sphere viscosity at very low shear-rates of about 100 kPa s (10 to the 6th power poise), (b) a mixture of polyisobutene, plasticiser and surfactants known as PSB, used as the binder for many propellant formulations, and (c) an unplasticised mixture of polyisobutene with surfactants, known as USB, similar to another propellant binder.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1977
Accession Number
ADA051955

Entities

People

  • V. M. Gledhill
  • W. A. Dukes

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Coefficients
  • Diameters
  • Equations
  • Errors
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Molecular Weight
  • Navier Stokes Equations
  • Plasticizers
  • Polymers
  • Propellants
  • Square Roots
  • Standards
  • Strain Rate
  • Temperature Coefficients
  • Viscosity

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Mechanical Engineering/Mechanics of Materials.
  • Petroleum Engineering
  • Rocket Propulsion.