An important consideration in the design of spacecraft for interplanetary missions is the compatibility of storage materials with the propellants. Serious problems can arise because many propellants are either extremely reactive or subject to catalytic decomposition, making the selection of proper materials of construction for propellant containment and control a critical requirement for the long-life applications. To aid in selecting materials and designing and evaluating various propulsion subsystems, available information on the compatibility of spacecraft materials with propellants of interest was compiled from literature searches and personal contacts. The compatibility of both metals and nonmetals with hydrazine, monomethyl hydrazine, nitrated hydrazine, and diborance fuels and nitrogen tetroxide, fluorine, oxygen difluoride, and Flox oxidizers was surveyed. These fuels and oxidizers encompass the wide variety of problems encountered in propellant storage. As such, they present worst case situations of the propellant affecting the material and the material affecting the propellant. This includes material attack, propellant decomposition, and the formation of clogging materials. (Author)


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    Titel :

    Material Compatibility with Space Storable Propellants. Design Guidebook


    Beteiligte:
    P. E. Uney (Autor:in) / D. A. Fester (Autor:in)

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1972


    Format / Umfang :

    123 pages


    Medientyp :

    Report


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch





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