Investigation of Thermoplastic Elastomers as Propellant Binders.

Abstract

It was the objective of the present investigation to conduct a fundamental study of the feasibility of utilizing or developing suitable thermoplastic elastomers for use in propellant technology, and considerable progress has been made toward achieving this objective. A wide variety of thermoplastic elastomers of novel structure have been synthesized, and their fundamental physical properties determined. As a result of this study, a number of carefully selected samples were submitted to personnel at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama for evaluation as thermoplastic propellant binders. Verbal communication has strongly indicated that the present approach is a feasible one, and has made it possible to extrapolate to a set of 'necessary' properties of the material to meet the required objectives. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 29, 1979
Accession Number
ADA078691

Entities

People

  • George B. Butler

Organizations

  • University of Florida

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Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Alkenes
  • Biomedical And Dental Materials
  • Block Copolymers
  • Chemical Synthesis
  • Chemistry
  • Copolymers
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Science
  • Organic Chemistry
  • Physical Properties
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Polymer Chemistry
  • Polymeric Films
  • Tensile Strength

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Reinforced Composite Materials
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.