Accession Number:

AD0856226

Title:

The Role of the Scanning Electron Microscope in the Study of Solid Rocket Propellant Combustion,

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

NAVAL WEAPONS CENTER CHINA LAKE CA

Personal Author(s):

• Boggs, Thomas L.
• Prentice, Jack L.
• Kraeutle, Karl J.
• Crump, James E.

Report Date:

1969-07-01

Pagination or Media Count:

31.0

Abstract:

The scanning electron microscope SEM has provided data which have been used to infer the physical and thermochemical mechanisms of the following processes ammonium perchlorate decomposition and deflagration, aluminum combustion, beryllium combustion, aluminum agglomeration, and solid propellant combustion. Author

Descriptors:

• *ELECTRON MICROSCOPY)
• (*SOLID ROCKET PROPELLANTS
• COMBUSTION)
• (*COMBUSTION
• ELECTRON MICROSCOPES
• DEFLAGRATION
• BURNING RATE
• AMMONIUM PERCHLORATE
• PYROLYSIS
• PRESSURE
• HIGH SPEED PHOTOGRAPHY
• BERYLLIUM
• BERYLLIUM OXIDES
• SOLID ROCKET PROPELLANT BINDERS
• MELTING POINT
• BOILING POINT
• INTERACTIONS

Subject Categories:

• Optics
• Combustion and Ignition
• Solid Rocket Propellants

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE