The atomic-hydrogen gun.

R. L. Bjork

ResearchPublished 1956

An evaluation of the performance of a light-gas gun in which the propellant is energized by an electrical discharge. It is shown that the best performance of such a gun is attained when hydrogen is used as the working fluid and is heated to a point where considerable dissociation occurs, so that the fluid is composed largely of the atomic species. Such a device should lead to higher velocities, for projectiles having well-defined mass and geometry, than have been attainable by other techniques.

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  • Year: 1956
  • Pages: 55
  • Document Number: RM-1707

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Bjork, R. L., The atomic-hydrogen gun. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 1956. https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_memoranda/RM1707.html.
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