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Combustion of zirconium-containing model compositions of solid propellant

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The features of combustion of model compositions of a composite solid rocket propellant containing zirconium at a concentration of up to 40 wt % are investigated. Burning rates at pressures of from 20 to 80 atm and the parameters of the combustion law are measured. Comparison with combustion of similar aluminum-based compositions is carried out. Compositions with compound (zirconium along with aluminum in various proportions) metal fuels are investigated. The application of zirconium as a metal fuel is shown to substantially increase the burning rate in comparison with compositions based on aluminum.

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  1. Institute of Problems of Chemical Physics, Leninskii pr. 38/2, Moscow, 117829, Russia

    A. P. Alekseev, D. B. Lempert, G. G. Nemtsev & G. N. Nechiporenko

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Original Russian Text © A.P. Alekseev, D.B. Lempert, G.G. Nemtsev, G.N. Nechiporenko, 2011, published in Khimicheskaya Fizika, 2011, Vol. 30, No. 12, pp. 32–34.

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Alekseev, A.P., Lempert, D.B., Nemtsev, G.G. et al. Combustion of zirconium-containing model compositions of solid propellant. Russ. J. Phys. Chem. B 5, 997–999 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1990793111060169

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