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Combustion Characteristic of rGO/CL-20 Self-Supporting Fiber-shaped Solid Propellant
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Institute of Chemical Materials,CAEP,Mianyang 621999, China

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    Replacing traditional solid propellants with high-energy explosives (such as hexanitrohexaazaisowurtzitane (CL-20)) is an important way to achieve microthrusters with small size and large specific impulse. In order to realize the self-sustaining combustion of CL-20, a composite propellant system with CL-20 nano-microparticles hosted in the rGO three-dimensional network is designed. Ultrafine CL-20 spherical particles (diameter 300 nm-2 μm) have been prepared by a solvent-nonsolvent method firstly, then self-supporting rGO/CL-20 fiber propellant was prepared by a dimensionally confined hydrothermal strategy. Based on the analysis of thermal analysis kinetics and combustion characteristics, it is concluded that the positive feedback mechanism of the combustion heat release of rGO/CL-20 fiber propellant plays a key role in its combustion propagation. Due to the construction of rGO three-dimensional network, the thermal conductivity of the fiber propellant is improved, and the exothermic effect of rGO/KOH can serve as the initial ignition energy for rGO itself and CL-20 microparticles. Once ignited, the combustion of high-energy CL-20 releases more heat energy than rGO, thereby forming the positive feedback mechanism. The combustion propagation speed of the prepared self-supporting rGO/CL-20 fiber propellant is 20.66 mm·s-1, moreover, the fibrous structure facilitates the rapid modular charge of the microthrusters.

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李小东,黄兵,谯志强,等. rGO/CL-20自支撑纤维固体推进剂的燃烧特性[J].含能材料,2018,26(12):1003-1008.
LI Xiao-dong, HUANG Bing, QIAO Zhi-qiang, et al. Combustion Characteristic of rGO/CL-20 Self-Supporting Fiber-shaped Solid Propellant[J]. Chinese Journal of Energetic Materials,2018,26(12):1003-1008.

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  • Received:August 13,2018
  • Revised:September 23,2018
  • Adopted:August 17,2018
  • Online: September 13,2018
  • Published: December 25,2018