Masters Theses
Keywords and Phrases
Biogenic oils
Abstract
"Obscurant smokes have been employed to conceal and protect assets from direct enemy attack or as signals during war. The most common material used by the U.S. Army for obscuration in the visible region is fog oil. Its use is beset with three major impediments: high viscosity at low temperatures (<-5⁰C), slow degradation in the environment and presence of aromatic hydrocarbons. Thus there is a need for obscurant materials which are free of aromatic hydrocarbons, environmental friendly, have low temperature viscosities while yielding similar or better obscuration than fog oil. The research described in this thesis is focused on the evaluation of biogenic oil esters as obscurant materials. Methyl soyate and isopropyl esters of soybean oil, palm oil and olive oil isopropyl esters were chosen for obscurant smoke generation"--Abstract, page iii.
Advisor(s)
Forciniti, Daniel Kapila, Shubhender
Committee Member(s)
Nam, Paul Ki-souk Xing, Yangchuan
Department(s)
Chemical and Biochemical Engineering
Degree Name
M.S. in Chemical Engineering
Publisher
University of Missouri--Rolla
Publication Date
Fall 2005
Pagination
xi, 78 pages
Note about bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 75-77).
Rights
© 2005 Ramesh Chand, All rights reserved.
Document Type
Thesis - Restricted Access
File Type
text
Language
English
Subject Headings
Smoke screensSmoke screens -- Environmental aspectsEsters -- Testing
Thesis Number
T 8909
Print OCLC #
82503773
Recommended Citation
Chand, Ramesh, "Evaluation of biogenic oil esters as obscurants in the visible region" (2005). Masters Theses. 3863.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/masters_theses/3863
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