Accession Number:

AD0672344

Title:

INVESTIGATIONS INTO THE CALORIMETRIC DETERMINATION OF THE HEAT OF COMBUSTION OF A TERTIARY PYROTECHNIC COMPOSITION

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

NAVAL AMMUNITION DEPOT CRANE IN

Personal Author(s):

• Ripley, William

Report Date:

1960-03-23

Pagination or Media Count:

17.0

Abstract:

The calorimetric determination of the heat of combustion of a tertiary pyrotechnic composition - the thermite mixture - was studied. Results were obtained under three sets of conditions combustion of the thermite mixture in limited air, in argon gas, and in oxygen gas at a pressure of 20 atmospheres. Procedures and results are compared each with the others, and, when possible, with theoretically predicted values.

Descriptors:

• *PYROTECHNICS
• *THERMITE
• MAGNESIUM
• AIR
• OXYGEN
• BINDERS
• PEROXIDES
• HEAT OF COMBUSTION
• CALORIMETRY
• ARGON
• BARIUM COMPOUNDS
• POLYESTER PLASTICS

Subject Categories:

• Pyrotechnics
• Combustion and Ignition

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE