What does APC stand for?

Ammonium Perchlorate

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Samples in periodicals archive:

In contrast, each space shuttle flight consumes about 773 tons of the oxidizer ammonium perchlorate in the solid booster rockets.

New eco-friendly aluminum-water rocket propellant promising for ...

For a start it will be fuelled by ammonium perchlorate, the same highly explosive fuel which Nasa's giant space shuttle uses.

Meet Wales' very own rocket man! One year of work fired into the sky

We currently expect annual demand for Grade I ammonium perchlorate ("AP") in fiscal 2009 to be consistent with fiscal 2008.

United Kingdom: American Pacific Reports Fiscal 2009 First Quarter ...

Their operations used a chemical known as ammonium perchlorate, which is believed to be a carcinogen.

Legacy liabilities: an electronics manufacturer gets the jolt of a ...

GAO-05-1011R September 16, 2005 Ammonium perchlorate (perchlorate) is a primary ingredient in solid rocket propellant and has been used for decades by the Department of Defense (DOD), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the defense industry in the manufacturing, testing, and firing of rockets and missiles.

Environmental Cleanup: Transfer of Contaminated Federal Property and ...

In a letter to the state Department of Toxic Substances Control, the Sierra Club's Rachel Myers called a plan to remove ammonium perchlorate from the Saugus Aquifer ``deficient'' in several areas - it didn't address source cleanup or removal of other possible contaminants, and may not actually work, creating a health risk.

PLAN FOR WATER CRITICIZED CHEMICAL CLEANUP INADEQUATE, GROUP SAYS

In the United States ammonium perchlorate is used as an oxidizer in solid rocket propellant, sodium perchlorate is used in slurry explosives and potassium perchlorate is used in road flares and air bag inflators.

SSWM UNVEILS BIO-RAPTOR FOR PERCHLORATE POLLUTION CLEANUP

According to Peter Waldman, the company's unlined holding ponds and pits leached up to 1,000 gallons of liquid waste and 300 pounds of ammonium perchlorate into the local aquifer every day.

A little rocket fuel with your salad?