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Back Cover: Smokeless GAP‐RDX Composite Rocket Propellants Containing Diaminodinitroethylene (FOX‐7) (Prop., Explos., Pyrotech. 4/2017)
Author(s) -
Jensen Tomas L.,
Unneberg Erik,
Kristensen Tor E.
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
propellants, explosives, pyrotechnics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.56
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1521-4087
pISSN - 0721-3115
DOI - 10.1002/prep.201780404
Subject(s) - propellant , specific impulse , materials science , composite number , rocket (weapon) , composite material , rocket propellant , plasticizer , cover (algebra) , aerospace engineering , engineering , mechanical engineering
The back cover picture shows testing of a tactical rocket motor containing a smokeless composite rocket propellant – using RDX as energetic filler, glycidyl azide polymer (GAP) as energetic binder and N ‐butyl‐2‐nitratoethylnitramine (BuNENA) as energetic plasticizer – at the Nammo Raufoss Test Center in Norway. Replacement of RDX in such compositions with diaminodinitroethylene (FOX‐7) results in propellants with markedly reduced shock sensitivity. Although the mechanical properties are retained, the specific impulse and the burn rate characteristics are adversely affected. Details are discussed in the article by Tomas L. Jensen et al. on page 381.