Properties of Ethylene Oxide and Hydrazine Related to their Use as Propellants

Author: Robison, William Clay

Year: 1953

Degree: Engineer's thesis

Advisor: Penner, Stanford S.

Committee Member: Unknown, Unknown

Option: Aeronautics

DOI: 10.7907/QHQT-NG37

Abstract

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PART I. Ethylene Oxide as a Monopropellant.

Thermodynamic calculations to determine the theoretical performance of ethylene oxide as a monopropellant have been carried out for various possible decomposition reactions. A survey of the literature on the kinetics of the thermal decomposition of ethylene oxide is presented.

PART II. Experimental Measurement of the Heats of Dissociation of Hydrazine - Water and Hydrazine - Alcohol Systems.

A glass apparatus has been constructed for determining heats of dissociation at low temperatures. Published data on hydrazine-water mixtures have been checked. The heat of dissociation of N[subscript2] H[subscript 4][...]CH[subscript 3]OH has been found to be 8.62 Kcals/mole.

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