Accession Number:

AD0880644

Title:

Solid Propellant Kinetics. I. The Ammonium Perchlorate/Copper Chromite/ Fuel System

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

STANFORD RESEARCH INST MENLO PARK CA

Personal Author(s):

• Inami, S. H.
• Rajapakse, Y.
• Shaw, R.
• Wise, H.

Report Date:

1971-02-10

Pagination or Media Count:

24.0

Abstract:

An extensive study of the decomposition of ammonium perchlorate AP with and without additives has been reported in several recent review articles, and it has been recognized that the reaction mechanism during the catalyzed decomposition of AP differs from that of the uncatalyzed reaction. In the authors studies of the physical and chemical parameters that control ignition and deflagration of solid propellants, they have concentrated on quantitative examination of the potential contribution of surface-catalyzed reactions between AP, catalyst, and gaseous organic molecules, representative of the fuel binder in an operational propellant.

Descriptors:

• *COMBUSTION
• *SOLID ROCKET PROPELLANTS
• *AMMONIUM PERCHLORATE
• REACTION KINETICS
• SURFACE PROPERTIES
• CATALYSTS
• IGNITION
• SOLID ROCKET PROPELLANT BINDERS

Subject Categories:

• Physical Chemistry
• Solid Rocket Propellants

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE