Development of Analytical Techniques for Liquid Propellant Surveillance

Abstract

The U.S. Army has made a commitment to develop liquid gun propellants as a potential replacement of solid propellants used in the 105-mm and 155-mm guns. The stability and therefore integrity of these propellers, after being stored for extended periods of time, is necessary in order to meet ballistic requirements. The long-term storage of liquid propellants is required to determine whether there is any instability; its cause; its cause; and, if necessary, its prevention. At this time failsafe criteria is not available for liquid propellants under long-term storage conditions. A methodology is being developed to establish this criteria. Analytical methods have been developed to provide the means to monitor these long-term storage studies. Previously developed techniques for this program were reviewed and those which were applicable for this program were investigated. Keywords: Ion chromatography, Hydroxylammonium nitrate, Mass spectrometry, Nitric acid, Triethanolammonium nitrate, Transition metals, Titration.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1990
Accession Number
ADA220550

Entities

People

  • Arthur Bracuti
  • Edward Turngren
  • Gerald Doyle
  • Stanley P. Griff
  • William O. Seals

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Chemical Synthesis
  • Chemistry
  • Decomposition
  • Dissociation
  • Hydroxides
  • Insensitive Explosives
  • Jet Propulsion
  • Liquid Propellants
  • Mass Spectrometry
  • Materials Testing
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Munitions
  • Propellants
  • Spectrometry
  • Standards
  • Test And Evaluation

Readers

  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Rocket Propulsion.