Fuel Property and Antioxidant Effects on Elastomer Integrity

Abstract

The program objective was to determine if typical antioxidants used in JP-5 turbine fuel could exhibit harmful effects on fuel system elastomers as a consequence of chemical change of the antioxidants during the inhibition process. One stable and one unstable fuel (relative to peroxidation tendency), with and without an antioxidant, were stored at 43C in contact with 14 elastomer materials. Storage periods ranged from 7 to 270 days. Post-storage elastomer results indicated no deleterious effect attributable to the antioxidants. Significant changes in elastomer properties were confined to the uninhibited, unstable fuel which developed appreciable levels of peroxides over the course of the study.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1988
Accession Number
ADA200250

Entities

People

  • J. P. Cuellar Jr.

Organizations

  • Southwest Research Institute

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Antioxidants
  • Classification
  • Contracts
  • Elastomers
  • Fuel Cells
  • Fuel Systems
  • Fuel Tanks
  • Fuels
  • Inhibition
  • Materials
  • Materials Testing
  • Military Research
  • O Rings
  • Security
  • Tensile Strength
  • Test Methods

Fields of Study

  • Agricultural and Food sciences

Readers

  • Combustion science or combustion engineering.
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