Editing Ammonium perchlorate (section)

==Applications==
During [[World War I]] England and France used mixtures featuring ammonium perchlorate (such as "balstine") as a substitute high explosive.

The primary use of ammonium perchlorate is in making solid rocket propellants.<ref>[http://www.itrcweb.org/Documents/PERC-1.pdf "Perchlorate: Overview of Issues, Status, and Remedial Actions"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120315001320/http://www.itrcweb.org/Documents/PERC-1.pdf |date=15 March 2012 }}, ITRC, September 2005</ref> When AP is mixed with a fuel (like a powdered aluminium and/or with an [[elastomer]]ic [[Binder (material)|binder]]), it can generate self-sustained combustion at pressures far below atmospheric pressure. It is an important oxidizer with a decades-long history of use in [[Solid-fuel rocket#Propellant families|solid rocket propellant]]s – [[space launch]] (including the [[Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster#Propellant|Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster]]), military, [[amateur rocketry|amateur]], and hobby [[High-power rocketry|high-power rocket]]s, as well as in some fireworks.

Some "breakable" [[Epoxy#Adhesives|epoxy adhesive]]s contain suspensions of AP.  Upon heating to 300°C, the AP degrades the organic adhesive, breaking the cemented joint.