Combustion and Flame, Vol.126, No.3, 1655-1661, 2001
Mass spectrometric study of combustion of GAP- and ADN-based propellants
The flame structure of composite propellants and sandwiches based on ammonium dinitramide (ADN) and glycidyl azide polymer at 0.015 to 0.3 MPa was studied by molecular beam mass spectrometry. A zone near the surface, similar to1.5 mm wide, was detected, where reactions occur. The gas composition near the. surface of burning ADN laminae at 0.1 MPa was close to that near the surface of burning pure ADN at 0.3 MPa. Among the species responsible for reactions in the flame near the surface, the most probable are HNO3, dinitraminic acid, and the vapor of ADN. The luminous zone of the flame extends more than 10 mm from the surface. The composition of the final combustion products has been determined by freezing at the temperature of liquid nitrogen and indicates incomplete combustion. The temperature profiles measured with thin thermocouples confirm the measured widths of the near-surface and luminous zones. The final temperature at the pressure of 0.3 MPa is as high as 2600 K.