Composite Propellant Formulation of Poly (16-, 32- and 64-) Azido Dendritic Esters as Energetic Plasticizer and Evaluation of Properties

Abstract

16-, 32- and 64-Polyazido hyperbranched dendrimers were synthesized from hydroxy terminated dendritic ester by following two steps namely, tosylation and azidation. The poly azido dendrimers were incorporated in composite propellant formulations as an energetic plasticizer. The physical, thermal sensitivity and ballistic properties of these composite propellants such as burning rate, Cal-val, density, ignition/decomposition temperature (AET), DSC-TGA, mechanical properties, impact and friction sensitivity were evaluated experimentally while the specific impulse (Isp) and characteristic velocity (C*) were obtained theoretically. A significant enhancement in heat release was noted in the propellant formulation having 16-azido dendritic ester as an energetic plasticizer compared to 32- and 64-azido dendritic esters and a reference composition