Solid Rocket Propellant Initiation Via Particle Beam Heating

Abstract

The thermal initiation thresholds and explosion temperatures for two solid propellants with ammonium perchlorate (AP) as their major ingredient, and three solid propellants containing HMX, AP, NG and A1 powder have been measured. The samples were confined and heated uniformly to explosion with beams of high- energy electrons or protons. Thermal thresholds for the AP-based propellants were found to be about twice those for the second group of propellants, where the most thermally sensitive ingredient is probably NG (nitroglycerine).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 17, 1990
Accession Number
ADA221900

Entities

People

  • A. I. Namenson
  • A. Stolovy
  • J. M. Kidd

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Ammonium Perchlorate
  • Composite Propellants
  • Electron Beams
  • Electrons
  • Energy
  • Explosions
  • Materials
  • Particle Beams
  • Particles
  • Propellants
  • Proton Beams
  • Rocket Propellants
  • Solid Propellants
  • Solid Rocket Propellants
  • Specific Heat
  • Subatomic Particles
  • Transition Temperature

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.
  • Rocket Propulsion.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Directed Energy - Lasers
  • Microelectronics