Spectral Studies of Propellant Combustion: Experimental Details and Emission Results for M-30 Propellant

Abstract

A windowed strand burner has been constructed and used to characterize the steady state burning of propellants at moderate pressure using uv - visible spectroscopic techniques. Emission spectroscopy has been performed on a triple base propellant (M-30) and three reactive transient combustion species (CN, NH and OH) have been profiled over a pressure range from 0.66 to 1. 5 MPa. Reaction zone lengths on the order of 1 mm were determined from the CN and NH profiles. The strand burner is expected to be useful for future planned absorption and laser induced fluorescence studies on a variety of propellants. Keywords: Emission; Spectroscopy; Solid propellant; Combustion; Steady state burning; Hydroxides; Nitrogen compounds; Cyanides.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1988
Accession Number
ADA201634

Entities

People

  • John A. Vanderhoff

Organizations

  • Ballistic Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Chemical Reactions
  • Chemical Synthesis
  • Chemistry
  • Classification
  • Combustion
  • Composite Propellants
  • Detection
  • Emission Spectra
  • Jet Propulsion
  • Laser Induced Fluorescence
  • Materials Science
  • Measurement
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Military Research
  • Solid Propellants
  • Spectra
  • Triple Base Propellants

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Combustion and Flow Dynamics.
  • Combustion science or combustion engineering.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Directed Energy - Lasers