Accession Number : AD0862928

Title :   Minimum Cost Design (MCD) Material Screening. Test Report No. 2 - Dow Corning DC93-104.

Descriptive Note : Technical rept.,

Corporate Author : AIR FORCE ROCKET PROPULSION LAB EDWARDS AFB CALIF

Personal Author(s) : Hintz,James A.

Report Date : JAN 1969

Pagination or Media Count : 24

Abstract : This is the second of a series of reports describing the results of test firings conducted to determine the performance of low-cost ablative materials which are candidates for use as thrust chamber and nozzle liners for MCD (Minimum Cost Design) Booster engines. This report describes the test of Dow Corning DC93-104, an ablative composed of silicone rubber with a filler material which is proprietary to Dow Corning.

Descriptors :   *BOOSTER ROCKET ENGINES, ABLATION, COMBUSTION CHAMBER LINERS, ROCKET NOZZLES, SILICONE PLASTICS, SYNTHETIC RUBBER, MOLDING MATERIALS, MOLDINGS, AGING(MATERIALS), CAPTIVE TESTS, ACCEPTABILITY, NOZZLE THROATS, NOZZLE INSERTS.

Subject Categories : Plastics
      Combustion and Ignition
      Rocket Engines

Distribution Statement : APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE