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Fine Ammonium Perchlorate (AP) Particles, <5μm

PSI incorporates Fine and Ultrafine AP in energetics to produce material with unique properties and burn rates.

Capability Description: PSI has developed technologies to repeatably produce fine AP (particle size <5 µm) using tailored grinding operations at the kg/day scale.

Key Features:

Ingredients’ particle sizes are produced using a Vibro energy grinding mill and characterized using a dynamic light scattering (DLS) particle size analyzer. PSI produces particle sizes ranging from sub 2 µm up to 200 µm.

Benefit to Warfighter/Customer:

Fine AP particle sizes allow for uniquely tailorable solid rocket burn-rate profiles for both military and commercial applications.

Finely ground sub-5 micron AP.

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