During the processing of the Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster (SRB), segments at the Kennedy Space Center, an odor was detected around the solid propellant. An Industrial Hygiene survey was conducted to determine the chemical identity of the SRB offgassing constituents. Air samples were collected inside a forward SRB segment and analyzed to determine chemical composition. Specific chemical analysis for suspected offgassing constituents of the propellant indicated ammonia to be present. A gas chromatograph mass spectroscopy (GC/MS) analysis of the air samples detected numerous high molecular weight hydrocarbons.
Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Motor Exposure Monitoring
1993
8 pages
Report
No indication
English
Public Health & Industrial Medicine , Rocket Propellants , Environmental Health & Safety , Air Pollution & Control , Air sampling , Hygiene , Indoor air pollution , Industrial safety , Offgassing , Propellant chemistry , Solid rocket propellants , Space shuttle boosters , Gas chromatography , Mass spectroscopy , Spectroscopic analysis , Chemical composition , Hydrocarbons , Surveys , Occupational safety and health
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