Determining Potassium Nitrate performance as solid rocket propellant for rocket engine

• Main Authors: Dahalan, Md. Nizam, Mohd Jaafar, Mohd Nazri, Wan Ali, Wan Khairuddin, Mamat, Rizalman, Abd. Ghani, Mohd Shaiful Azman
• Format: Monograph
• Language: English
• Published: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia 2003
• Subjects: TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery; TL Motor vehicles. Aeronautics. Astronautics
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/2629/1/71901.pdf; http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/2629/
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

Research and development on solid rocket propellant were carried out extensively on the whole process of production and performance testing. Solid rocket propellant was produced by using potassium nitrate as oxidiser and sucrose as organic fuel. Press- moulding method was selected to produce the pro...