Heat Evolved in the Propellant/Nitrogen Dioxide Reaction and its Variation with Time of Ageing of the Propellant: Measurement of Effective Stabiliser Content of Propellants

Abstract

The reaction between nitrogen dioxide and colloidal propellant stabilisers is exothermic, and an apparatus based on the heat of the nitrogen dioxide-propellant reaction is used in Holland for surveillance control of gun propellants. A similar apparatus has been constructed and the heat of this reaction compared in propellants stabilised with carbamite, diphenylamine, picrite, 2-NDPA, p-NMA and resorcinol. The observed heat from the nitrogen dioxide-aged propellant reaction, and the actual stabiliser content of the samples, are compared as these propellants are aged.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1973
Accession Number
ADB003438

Entities

People

  • D. G. Davies

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DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Contractors
  • Dermatologic Agents
  • Energetic Materials
  • Government (Foreign)
  • Governments
  • Gun Propellants
  • Massachusetts
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Nitrogen
  • Nitrogen Oxides
  • Propellants
  • Redox Indicators
  • Resorcinol

Fields of Study

  • Physics

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  • Aerospace Propulsion Engineering.
  • Materials Science and Engineering.
  • Organic Chemistry