Green Hydrazine Propellant Blend (GHPB) is a new green propellant developed by Aerojet Rocketdyne and selected for continued testing at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC). It primarily differs from previous "green” propellants by maintaining traditional hydrazine as the base constituent, along with additives that are intended to increase handling safety by lowering the concentration of hydrazine in the vapor. GSFC has performed material compatibility testing. The scope of this campaign included materials that are common in spacecraft or ground support equipment (GSE), and also included typical safety materials (e.g. permeation rates through gloves). The conclusion in a broad sense is that GHPB is less reactive than hydrazine, including the absorption of metals into the propellant, as examined by Inductively-Coupled Plasma (ICP) analysis of metals uptake.


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    Title :

    Material Compatibility Testing of Green Hydrazine


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    Joint Army-Navy-NASA-Air Force (JANNAF) Subcommittee Meeting ; 2024 ; Oklahoma City, OK, US


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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