Burning characteristics and thermochemical behavior of AP/HTPB composite propellant using coarse and fine AP particles

Propellants, Explosives, Pyrotechnics

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 57-64

  Kohga, Makoto ^a  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE ACADEMY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ammonium Perchlorate; Burning Catalyst; Burning Rate; Composite Propellant; Thermal Decomposition

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM PERCHLORATES; AP/HTPB COMPOSITE PROPELLANT; BURNING CATALYST; BURNING CHARACTERISTICS; BURNING RATE; EXOTHERMIC DECOMPOSITION; LOWER LIMITS; PEAK TEMPERATURES; THERMAL DECOMPOSITION; THERMAL DECOMPOSITION BEHAVIOR; THERMOCHEMICAL BEHAVIOR;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; CATALYSTS; COMBUSTION; EXPLOSIVES; HTPB PROPELLANTS; PROPELLANTS; PYROLYSIS;

COMPOSITE PROPELLANTS;

EID: 79951886034     PISSN: 07213115     EISSN: 15214087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prep.200900088     Document Type: Article

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