Once you've whipped a polymer composition surrounding a bunch of solid
particles full of air, simple step processes like that won't remove much more
than what is visible. The volume to surface relationship of the dissolved
bubbles doesn't have anywhere near the amount of displacement pressure required
to overcome the fluid that's trapping it. It takes hours of mixing under vacuum
to expose the trapped air to disassociate it from the mix. You can subject a
mix to vacuum for days and if it's not turning over, the air will remain where
it is. It's best not to let it get in the mixture in the first place. You just
have to accept the fact that it's as good as it's going to get without
processing under vacuum from start to finish.
Anthony J. Cesaroni
President/CEO
Cesaroni Technology/Cesaroni Aerospace
http://www.cesaronitech.com/
(941) 360-3100 x101 Sarasota
(905) 887-2370 x222 Toronto
-----Original Message-----
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Troy Prideaux
Sent: Sunday, July 7, 2019 6:25 PM
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Subject: [AR] Re: Vacuum processing of solid propellant
Nice idea!
Troy
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On Behalf Of Doug Jones (Redacted sender "randome" for DMARC)
Sent: Monday, 8 July 2019 3:51 AM
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Subject: [AR] Re: Vacuum processing of solid propellant
Perhaps you could put the mix in a funnel and extrude it through a
small nozzle into the motor case in a vacuum chamber? With a rubber
ball floating on the surface to block the funnel as it goes empty.
The slender stream of paste should outgas quite well, and rapidly
reconsolidate into a bubble-free mass in the motor. Let it sit in
vacuum for a little while to settle, then slowly ramp up pressure and
any remaining bubbles should collapse completely.
