New Propellant Component, Part II. Study of a PSAN/DNAM/HTPB Based Formulation

✍ Scribed by P. Simões; L. Pedroso; A. Portugal; I. Plaksin; J. Campos

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2001
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 386 KB
• Volume: 26
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0721-3115
• DOI: 10.1002/1521-4087(200112)26:6<278::aid-prep278>3.0.co;2-h

✦ Synopsis

A study of DNAM as a candidate ingredient for propellant formulations is reported. A formulation including DNAM and based on Phase Stabilized Ammonium Nitrate (PSAN) and Hydroxy-Terminated-PolyButadiene (HTPB) was selected for the study. This includes thermoanalytical measurements on the mixtures of solid components and propellant samples. Performance is assessed by burning rate measurements. A new small-scale shock sensitivity test developed for studying the propellant under consideration is described. A good potential for DNAM was found for this formulation as revealed by the performance and low vulnerability of the PSAN=DNAM=HTPB composition.