Abstract
Abstract Safety hazards of a non-azide propellant containing azodicarbonamide(ADCA), potassium perchlorate(KCIO 4) and other additives were evaluated using various test methods to determine impact and shock sensitivity, ignition sensitivity, heat sensitivity, propagation of explosion and burning, and violence of burning. With BAM 50/60 tube test, the new propellant, both in the form of dry powder and granule, was detonated, while when wetted with 10% water, it did not propagate detonation, and the addition of 15% water permitted no ignition. In the form of dry pellets BAM test resulted in no propagation of detonation but propagating deflagration. On the other hand, the pellets, when tested with 30 mm diameter PVC tube, neither detonated nor deflagrated by initiation with a no.6 detonator on the ground. From these test results a wet process is recommended espeially for blending raw materials and for granulating the mixed composition.
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