Accession Number:

AD0625513

Title:

HIGH-PRESSURE GAS FROM LITHIUM HYDRIDE AND SEA WATER

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

NAVAL ORDNANCE TEST STATION CHINA LAKE CA

Personal Author(s):

• DeVries, Gerrit

Report Date:

1965-12-01

Pagination or Media Count:

20.0

Abstract:

Tests were made to determine the quantity and rate of gas produced from the lithium hydride-sea water reaction. The effects of particle size, pressure, temperature, water composition, water-lithium hydride ratio, and additives to the lithium hydride were investigated. In addition, a gas inflation system for torpedo recovery using lithium hydride was designed and tested in the ocean. Lithium hydride and water were found to react completely at a ratio of 25 or more parts water 1.0 part lithium hydride, by weight. The effects of other variables on the reaction were minor. The lithium hydride torpedo-recovery system successfully raised 50 pounds from a depth of 2,600 feet.

Descriptors:

• *TORPEDOES
• *HYDROGEN
• TEMPERATURE
• RECOVERY
• PRESSURE
• ENVIRONMENTAL TESTS
• LITHIUM COMPOUNDS
• UNDERWATER
• SEA WATER
• ADDITIVES
• HIGH PRESSURE
• SYNTHESIS(CHEMISTRY)
• HYDRIDES

Subject Categories:

• Inorganic Chemistry
• Torpedoes

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE