In this study, in an attempt to prepare propellants capable of on/off control of combustion by oxidizing gas supply, we prepared incombustible propellants in a N2 atmosphere composed of moisture-proof ammonium nitrate (AN) prepared by spray drying and ammonium perchlorate (AP) as oxidizers and hydroxyl-terminated polybutadiene (HTPB) as a fuel, and investigated their combustibility by N2O supply. The burning tests performed under a N2 atmosphere for the propellants having different AN/AP mass ratios (AN/AP = 40/60, 50/50, and 60/40) with 23.5 wt% HTPB revealed that the AN/AP=50/50 and 60/40 samples did not ignite under pressures less than 0.5-0.7 MPa, whereas the AN/AP=40/60 sample burned under the entire tested pressure range (0.3-6.0 MPa). Moreover, it was confirmed that the AN/AP=50/50 and 60/40 samples stably burned under N2O supply at 0.3 MPa. However, when the N2O supply was stopped, their combustion was interrupted with a little time delay, suggesting that combustion of the prepared propellants can be controlled by regulating the N2O supply.
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