Aerothermochemical studies of energetic liquid materials: 1. Combustion of HAN-based liquid gun propellants under atmospheric pressure
✍ Scribed by D.L. Zhu; C.K. Law
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1987
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 571 KB
- Volume
- 70
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0010-2180
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✦ Synopsis
The gasification and microexplosion characteristics of droplets of liquid gun propellants under atmospheric pressure have been experimentally investigated. Results show that the propellant explosion temperature is around 200"C and is substantially in excess of previously reported values. The droplet surface regression rate prior to the onset of microexplosion is found to be close to that of water and therefore is insensitive to the water content in the propellant as well as the oxygen concentration in the hot environment; these results demonstrate the dominance of water in the gasification process. It has also been determined that the propellant density attains a critical value of about 1.5 g/cm 3 at the state of microexplosion.