Propellant definition

Propellant means a liquefied or compressed gas that is used in whole or in part, such as a cosolvent, to expel a liquid or any other material from the same self-pressurized container or from a separate container.

Propellant means a fluid under pressure that expels the contents of a container when a valve is opened.

Propellant means a fuel and oxi- dizer physically or chemically com- bined which undergoes combustion to provide rocket propulsion.

Examples of Propellant in a sentence

• MIL-STD-1168 (APR 2017) Ammunition lot numbering shall be in accordance with MIL-STD-1168 (and MIL-DTL-85097 for Propellant Actuated Devices).

• The NASA Space Technology Mission Directorate is sponsoring the development of the Cryogenic Propellant Storage and Transfer (CPST) project as a means of demonstrating the capability to safely and efficiently store, transfer and measure cryogenic propellants in space in a manner that minimizes their loss.

• Propellants and Propellants Services Ordering, receiving, storage, maintenance, and delivery of propellants, pressurants (such as gaseous helium (GHe), gaseous nitrogen (GN2), liquid hydrogen (LH2), liquid oxygen (LO2), liquid nitrogen (LN2), hypergolic fuels/oxidizers, and certain specialty gases and solvents), and equipment; related ancillary laboratory support services; and Partner's use of propellant servicing areas or capabilities (e.g., Universal Propellant Servicing System).

• MIL-STD-1168 Ammunition lot numbering shall be in accordance with MIL-STD-1168 (and MIL-DTL-85097 for Propellant Actuated Devices).

• Current areas of research at MFDC Lab include: Intelligent Flight Control, Uninhabited Air Vehicles (UAV) Development, Wind-Tunnel Testing and Validations, Optimization of Combustion and Propulsion Systems, Bio-derived Liquid Fuel and Solid Propellant Development, Hypersonic Flight Control, and Supersonic Combustion.

More Definitions of Propellant

Propellant means a liquefied or compressed gas that is used in whole or in part, such as a cosolvent, to expel a liquid or any other material from the same

Propellant means an explosive adapted and intended for use as a propelling charge in weapons, and includes gunpowder when in finely granulated form;

Propellant means a fluid under pressure that expels the contents of a container when a valve means opened.

Propellant means a fuel and oxidizer physically or chemically combined which undergoes combustion to provide rocket propulsion.

Propellant means an authorised explosive of Class 3 adapted and intended exclusively for use as a propelling charge in cannon, small arms or rockets; and

Propellant means an authorised explosive other than gunpowder or black powder adapted and intended exclusively for use as a propelling charge in cannon or small arms;

Propellant means an authorised explosive of the class 3 adapted and intended exclusively for use as a propelling charge in cannon or small arms .