I've been involved in some ANCP testing and analysis. It's certainly usable for
propellant with various provisos:
Must be phase stabilised
Needs lots of magnesium to provide enough oxygen donation
Very dry processing generally requiring mechanical pressing the propellant
grains (safety issue)
That can be avoided with enough care and only operating at low chamber pressures
Ignition can be more challenging than APCPs.
Also done a fair bit of testing with K and Na chlorates in very small
evaluation motor tests:
(Issues)
High exponents
Never mix with NH4+ compounds
(Pros)
Can use epoxy resins for a binder which makes processing much much easier- no
moisture control issues and available anywhere.
+ chlorates are easy to make
Troy
-----Original Message-----
From: arocket-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:arocket-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Dr Edward Jones
Sent: Tuesday, 2 March 2021 3:03 PM
To: arocket <arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [AR] Solid oxidizers in use?
In the world-wide amateur rocketry realm, are any other SOLID oxidizers in use
or development aside from KNO3, KP, and AP?
Have successes been possible with AN as majority mass of an oxidizer blend
(>51%)?
Ditto, with AN as an oxidizer at >10% mass?
Nothing happening with guanidine or other nitrates? Other perchlorates (or
chlorates)?
[Catching up on the news, and states of our art.]
Edward