Thermochemical Data for Propellant Ingredients and their Products of Explosion
Abstract
The tables published by the same author in 1940 have been revised and extended. The data on the gaseous products have been modified to provide a consistent set based on recently determined values of the fundamental constants and the figures for H2O and CO(2) have been completely recalculated from more recent spectroscopic data. a table of entropies has been added, for uses in rocket calculations. The list of propellant ingredients has been extended to include some liquid propellants and a few high explosives. Finally, differences between British and American thermal data for nitro-cellulose have been shown to be real and to agree with the differences of 0.1% in estimated nitrogen contents pointed out by Raff and McHenry. A short account of the use of the tables is included together with the application of Corner's corrections for the non-ideal state of the gas at gun pressures. Finally, two examples of the methods of calculations are given.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 01, 1949
- Accession Number
- ADA492312
Entities
People
- H. H. Pike