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Triphenylamine – a ‘New’ Stabilizer for Nitrocellulose Based Propellants – Part I: Chemical Stability Studies |
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| Authors: | Stephan Wilker,Gerhard Heeb,Beat Vogelsanger,Jan Petrž í lek,Jan Sklá dal |
| Abstract: | Triphenylamine (TPA) was used for the first time in France in 1937 as a stabilizer for propellants. The stability of those samples was described as ‘good’. Around 1950 an American group produced TPA stabilized propellants and investigated the decomposition mechanism. Apart from one single experiment in the 1970s no further attempts were made to take TPA as a stabilizer for propellants. |
| Keywords: | Propellants Stability Stabilizer Triphenylamine (TPA) Microcalorimetry Stabilizer Depletion Vacuum Stability High Temperature Tests |