Ageing Studies on a Composite Propellant Containing a New Organo-Copper Burn Rate Catalyst

Abstract

The effect of a new organo-copper burn rate catalyst on the aging properties of an HTPB/AP based composite propellant has been studied and compared with a similar propellant containing copper chromite. The degradation of the propellant surface under conditions of thermo-oxidation was studied by monitoring oxygen uptake using a gravimetric technique. The oxidative induction times for the reaction were determined for a series of elevated temperatures and the data used to predict the storage life of the propellant at ambient temperatures using an Arrhenius plot. It was shown that the storage life of a copper chromite propellant was approximately 7.5 years at 20 deg C while the corresponding organo-copper propellant had a storage life of approximately 49 years. Surface aging processes, Thermal oxidative degradation, Copper catalysts Burn rates, Copper chromite.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1993
Accession Number
ADA271060

Entities

People

  • B.l. Hamshere
  • P. Rawson

Organizations

  • Defence Science and Technology Group

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Communities of Interest

  • Counter IED

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Australia
  • Body Weight
  • Classification
  • Composite Materials
  • Composite Propellants
  • Copper Compounds
  • Degradation
  • Explosives
  • Hardness
  • Hydroxyl Terminated Polybutadiene
  • Materials
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Monitoring
  • Oxidation
  • Periodicals
  • Propellants
  • Test Methods

Fields of Study

  • Materials science

Readers

  • Combustion science or combustion engineering.
  • Marine Ecotoxicology
  • Rocket Propulsion.