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Accession Number:
AD0270941
Title:
Exploratory Research on High Energy Propellant Systems
Descriptive Note:
[Technical Report, Final Report]
Corporate Author:
TEMPLE UNIV PHILADELPHIA PA
Report Date:
1961-01-01
Pagination or Media Count:
72
Abstract:
A versatile liquid propellant evaluation system was perfected which is suitable for use with laboratory quantities 50 to 200 ml of regular or cryogenic fuels and oxidizers. Tests with the RP-1-LOX system provided values for specific impulse on the order of 90 of theoretical. Data from a test of the pentaborane-fluorine system yielded a specific impulse which was 83 of theoretical. A dilute solution 0.05 of O3F2 in liquid O was used as an oxidizer in the apparatus and proved to hypergolic with gaseous H2, UDMH, UDMH-DETA, E OH, C3H8, n-hexane, JP-4, and mixtures of JP-4 and UDMH. Compatibility tests by simple contact showed that dilute O3F2 -LOX solutions do not react hypergolically with most materials commonly used in LOX systems.
Distribution Statement:
[A, Approved For Public Release]