Classification of Liquid Gun Propellants and Raw Materials for Transportation and Storage

摘要

Nine materials have been tested and classified on the basis of the military explosive classification system as described in Department of the Army Technical Bulletin C1, TB 700-2. Since the test methods described in TB 700-2 are designed for solids, rather than liquids, a test program was designed in which nine tests (relating specifically to unique problems and situations encountered in the liquid phase) were substituted for the specified TB 700-2 tests. Where the originally proposed tests were considered to be overly rigorous, additional tests were performed to better simulate the TB 700-2 protocol. Concordance of the tests with those described in TB 700-2 was described, and a testing protocol was developed. This protocol was applied to the classification of the nine materials and each material was classified according to the TB 700-2 classification scheme. The three fuels (IPAN, TMAN, TEAN) and the three oxidizers (HAN 2.8 M, 11 M, 13 M) were considered unrestricted under TB 700-2; LGP 1776, LGP 1845 and NOS 365 were classified Military Class 3 (DOT Class B).