Flame Thrower Fuels
Abstract:
Investigation was made covering various methods of obtaining thickened fuels for use in flame throwers, the purpose of this thickening was to provide a fuel having a high calorific value, ready ignitability, adhesiveness, resistance to disintegration in flight, and stability in storage. Tests were made on thickened fuels obtained by suspensions of small particles of combustible solids in the fuel base, emulsions of gasoline with various liquids, and gasoline gels. The possible variations in the Napalm aluminum soaps of coconut, naphthenic and oleic acids formula, the effect of water and free acid, and soap complexity on gasoline gels are given. It was concluded that soaps made from cheaper and more readily obtainable sources of acid could be substituted for the standard Napalm acids.