Propellants Explosives Pyrotechnics, Vol.43, No.2, 162-169, 2018
The Effect of Some Amines on Ignition Delay Time of Dimethyl Amino Ethyl Azide (DMAZ) and White Fuming Nitric Acid (WFNA)
Dimethyl amino ethyl azide (DMAZ), as a non-carcinogen liquid fuel, is a good fuel in space programs. However, it suffers from high ignition delay (ID) time with liquid oxidizer white fuming nitric acid (WFNA). DMAZ were blended with amines in order to reduce the ID time of bipropellant DMAZ-WFNA. A drop-on-pool impingement set-up, coupled with a high-speed camera, was applied to investigate the ID time at ambient pressure and temperature. It was found that using of amines had dissimilar effects on the ID time of the bipropellant DMAZ-WFNA. Results showed that among the amines, pyrrole, tert-butylamine, n-octylamine reduced the ID time significantly. This study identified pyrrole as the most efficient additive for decreasing ID time (from 90 milliseconds to 20 milliseconds). Finally, a quantum molecular dynamics simulation was conducted to probe how the additive affects on the ID time.