A New Method for Determining the Vapor Pressure of Nitroglycerine Above Solid Rocket Propellants

摘要

Measuring the vapor pressure of compounds such as nitroglycerine (NG) which have a low volatility has not been a straightforward task in the past. There are a wide range of values in the literature for the vapor pressure of NG and furthermore, there is little information regarding the vapor pressure of this compound above solid rocket propellant formulations. We have devised a new method for determining the vapor pressure of NG both above the pure material and solids containing this nitrate ester. The values obtained for pure liquid NG are in good agreement with some previously published values. It was also found that the vapor pressure of this compound is slightly lowered when it is incorporated into solid rocket propellant formulations.