ROLE OF OXYGEN BALANCE ON THE THERMAL-DECOMPOSITION BEHAVIOR OF COMPOSITE PROPELLANTS

Authors
VENUGOPALAN S SARWADE DB AGRAWAL JP
Citation
S. Venugopalan et al., ROLE OF OXYGEN BALANCE ON THE THERMAL-DECOMPOSITION BEHAVIOR OF COMPOSITE PROPELLANTS, INDIAN JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING AND MATERIALS SCIENCES, 1, 1994, pp. 289-291
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering
Journal title
INDIAN JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING AND MATERIALS SCIENCES → ACNP
ISSN journal
09714588
Volume
1
Year of publication
1994
Pages
289 - 291
Database
ISI
SICI code
0971-4588(1994)1:<289:ROOBOT>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
Differential thermal analysis (DTA) on amonium perchlorate (AP), hydro xy terminated polybutadiene (HTPB) based polyurethane (PU) and other c omposite propellant compositions consisting of AP and PU matrix has be en studied. The data show that as the oxygen balance (OB) of the prope llant composition decreases, the decomposition rate of AP during the s econd stage (deflagration exotherm-Exo 11) around 360-degrees-C rises very significantly due to the increase in calorific values.