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Adsorption and chemical reaction of gaseous mixtures of hydrogen chloride and water on aluminum oxide and application to solid-propellant rocket exhaust clouds
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Cofer II, W. R. Pellett, G. L. |
| Copyright Year | 1978 |
| Description | Hydrogen chloride (HCl) and aluminum oxide (Al2O3) are major exhaust products of solid rocket motors (SRM). Samples of calcination-produced alumina were exposed to continuously flowing mixtures of gaseous HCl/H2O in nitrogen. Transient sorption rates, as well as maximum sorptive capacities, were found to be largely controlled by specific surface area for samples of alpha, theta, and gamma alumina. Sorption rates for small samples were characterized linearly with an empirical relationship that accounted for specific area and logarithmic time. Chemisorption occurred on all aluminas studied and appeared to form from the sorption of about a 2/5 HCl-to-H2O mole ratio. The chemisorbed phase was predominantly water soluble, yielding chloride/aluminum III ion mole ratios of about 3.3/1 suggestive of dissolved surface chlorides and/or oxychlorides. Isopiestic experiments in hydrochloric acid indicated that dissolution of alumina led to an increase in water-vapor pressure. Dissolution in aqueous SRM acid aerosol droplets, therefore, might be expected to promote evaporation. |
| File Size | 1760069 |
| Page Count | 40 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19780014245 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t2b902g2m |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1978-04-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Inorganic And Physical Chemistry Hydrogen Chlorides Adsorption Exhaust Gases Aerosols Solid Propellant Combustion Chemical Reactions Aluminum Oxides Gas Mixtures Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports ServerĀ (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |