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Propellants for SRBs
Recently there have been a few posts on solid fuel for rocketry and after reading the posts they reminded me of my
attraction to ammeter rockets.
So I was wondering of anyone had any ideas for solid propellants and the chemistry describing them.
Everyone knows about the KNO3 and sugar mixture but im looking for something else that might give more power or a
greater Specific Impulse. It does not matter if they require some obscure chemicals I just would like to know what is out there.
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a nitrogen rich explosive
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Lithium perchlorate and sugar works well. EXTREME DANGER - LiClO4 is highly corrosive and extremely toxic by inhalation or ingestion. However, it does
have a 61% OB, making it a powerful propellant
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When you mean the OB you're saying the oxygen balance and the closer to 100% that is the better the compound is at
burning efficiently. Am I correct in saying that
On another note went to Lowes and picked up a lb of Spectracide Tree Stump Remover and looked at the MSDS and it
said 100% and so I finally have KNO3 and I swear I was way too happy after I walked out
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BP is still the best propellant for beginners. Potassium nitrate and sugar are okay, but the motors don't store well. They must be made and used,
anything anymore exotic is NOT for beginners. Your more exotic mixtures usually must be pressed, not rammed like in black powder rockets. Don't care
for the idea of whacking on whistle mix, could make for a Darwin kind of day.
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What im tiring to do with this topic is just to get any recipe of solid fuel for beginners or for licensed
professional. This is purely just share what you know
Your post is not off topic i just wanted to make sure that we dont go for just beginners only
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So if you are going for a little farther than plain beginner mixtures, you could go for some chlorate or perchlorate mixtures. Some good examples are
actually still close to the classic KNO3 and sugar mixes, but should have a much better energy density and specific impulse. I've been
hunting down another similar thread I saw where this guy experimented heavily with these mixtures but can't find it.
If you want something very different, consider a mixture similar to the "zincoshine" used by Homer Hickam Jr of NASA and Bocket Boys fame. But instead
of zinc powder aluminum powder should yield good, possibly better, results.
Also, try experimenting with different compounds to increase burn rate. I've found that sodium metabisulfite does really quite well in this manner.
Sometimes when I try to light a slightly wet mass of it, it produces gas so rapidly that it blows out my torch. Iron oxide is a very popular additive
as well.
In relation to the perchlorates, if you want to go big consider making ammonium perchlorate hybrid fuel grains. For this you need AP, Al powder,
Fe2O3 and an epoxy binder. I've been planning on giving this a shot for a while now but my biggest hold up has been making a GSLD anode for a perchlorate cell. Now that I have a good means for nitric acid, I can get to work on this, and then use it in a cell finally.
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Quote: Originally posted by Chemist_Cup_Noodles  | So if you are going for a little farther than plain beginner mixtures, you could go for some chlorate or perchlorate mixtures. Some good examples are
actually still close to the classic KNO3 and sugar mixes, but should have a much better energy density and specific impulse. I've been
hunting down another similar thread I saw where this guy experimented heavily with these mixtures but can't find it.
If you want something very different, consider a mixture similar to the "zincoshine" used by Homer Hickam Jr of NASA and Bocket Boys fame. But instead
of zinc powder aluminum powder should yield good, possibly better, results.
Also, try experimenting with different compounds to increase burn rate. I've found that sodium metabisulfite does really quite well in this manner.
Sometimes when I try to light a slightly wet mass of it, it produces gas so rapidly that it blows out my torch. Iron oxide is a very popular additive
as well.
In relation to the perchlorates, if you want to go big consider making ammonium perchlorate hybrid fuel grains. For this you need AP, Al powder,
Fe2O3 and an epoxy binder. I've been planning on giving this a shot for a while now but my biggest hold up has been making a GSLD anode for a perchlorate cell. Now that I have a good means for nitric acid, I can get to work on this, and then use it in a cell finally.
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you can buy PbO2 anode from here : www.ebay.de/itm/161891096215
it costs much but it will stay for long.
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Sugar... I'm gonna cry!
Try sorbitol and never go back to sugar even though it's more expensive.
With the low melting point of sorbitol you'll avoid the many problems encountered with sugar.
Sorbitol + KNO3 viscosity allows for almost perfect casting. No air bubbles and no schrinkage compared to regular sugar. I could continue my rant but
I think I've written about it in other threads. Or talked about it IRL to so many people that I cant make the difference anymore 
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Look at the work don by one gent on you tube using Erythritol, KNO3 engine very nice and powerfull.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vj7ce1SFbow
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgBwVxxqmKE < W/O annoying music
All so personally I used a top down ignition scheme with me engines with the bore dusted in ff grade BP, for fast full chamber ignition, not sure how
that would work with his mix.
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[Edited on 7-5-2016 by XeonTheMGPony]
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