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Acetone peroxide as propellant
Hi All,
It is very interesting to know that some explosives are used as ingredient of propellants, I found some articles talking about using TNT, RDX, NC ,
NG, ... as propellant.
I found Nakka project using AN as an oxidizer which is also HE.
I tried to search for mixtures that uses acetone peroxide as propellant but never found anything useful except one book , it said : AP is very
sensitive and used only for high performance rockets !
do anyone here have experience with AP in this area?
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hissingnoise
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| Quote: | I tried to search for mixtures that uses acetone peroxide as propellant but never found anything useful except one book , it said : AP is very
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AP (ammonium perchlorate) a potent oxidiser is what's being referred to, I'd imagine.
Acetone peroxide is much too sensitive . . .
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Microtek
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Using acetone peroxide as any kind of propellant takes the term "bad idea" to entirely new levels.
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Acetone peroxide will not withstand much pressure before going high order. And having all the fuel in the rocket burn in a microsecond is classified
as a "bad idea".
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I wouldn't want to go through the mixing phase necessary for rocket fuel (ball milling, diapering, blending the binder in, pressing) with a combined
primary and secondary fuel.
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Quote: Originally posted by hissingnoise  | | Quote: | I tried to search for mixtures that uses acetone peroxide as propellant but never found anything useful except one book , it said : AP is very
sensitive and used only for high performance rockets !
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AP (ammonium perchlorate) a potent oxidiser is what's being referred to, I'd imagine.
Acetone peroxide is much too sensitive . . .
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Maybe you are right !
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Aceton peroxide is quite borderline when it comes to going low/high order. As in, there is now low order.
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If you wanna try, I'd recommend packing 50g into a cardboard tube, and hammering it in there with a little dowel ram. Does the trick for me EVERY
time... Also great if you haven't seen the inside of the ER for awhile
No! Do not give sarcastic/sardonic/humorous instructions to people regarding such things... Language barriers and ignorance may lead to a BAD
outcome. Go to TOTSE or the like if you must. Or at least use a smiley!
[Edited on 30-1-2015 by Bert]
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| Quote: Originally posted by Hawkguy | | If you wanna try, I'd recommend packing 50g into a cardboard tube, and hammering it in there with a little dowel ram. Does the trick for me EVERY
time... Also great if you haven't seen the inside of the ER for awhile |
Dude, stop posting stuff like this...
The threadstarter seems to have no idea that this is a (very) bad joke...
As the others posted it: AP stands in this case for ammonium perchlorate
Sure, A-Perchlorate is able to detonate too, but is less sensitive than a damn PEROXIDE and is used as a (very strong) oixidizer in this case...
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| Quote: Originally posted by Hawkguy | | If you wanna try, I'd recommend packing 50g into a cardboard tube, and hammering it in there with a little dowel ram. |
I admit, I laughed out loud at that dowel ram bit. Then I saw the OP actually trying it and suddenly it wasn't so funny. 
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