Propellant corrosion for 405 and carbon steels?
Propellant corrosion for 405 and carbon steels?
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Anyone has info. regarding the compatibility of 405 and carbon steels with rocket propellants such as hydrazine, mono methyl hydrazine (MMH), nitrogen tetroxide (NTO) and nitrogen tetroxide with 3% nitric acid (MON3)?
Thanks in advance!
Thanks in advance!





RE: Propellant corrosion for 405 and carbon steels?
There is a NASA publication on this, but I can't find my copy.
No steels, that is for sure. Nothing that can rust.
Look here
https://standards.nasa.gov/documents/nasa
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P.E. Metallurgy, Plymouth Tube
RE: Propellant corrosion for 405 and carbon steels?
RE: Propellant corrosion for 405 and carbon steels?
Nitric acid and NTO will etch/dissolve the steel.
A fairly good discussion, with a plethora of references, is available in Eckhardt Schmidt's Hydrazine and its Derivatives. If you are in the business of storing rocket fuels, this is your book.