Contact Dr Peter Wilkinson
- Tel: +44 (0) 1234 383066
- Email: p.wilkinson@cranfield.ac.uk
- ORCID
Areas of expertise
- Explosives and Munitions
Background
Graduating from Oxford University (Pembroke College) with a Master of Chemistry (MChem), Peter's research thesis (Part II) was in organic chemistry.
Current activities
He specialises in working with energetic materials, and thermal analysis. He maintains the Thermal Analysis suite, including Dynamic Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) and Thermogravimetric Analysis (TGA), checking calibration, training students and running samples. He also maintains the FTIR and U.V./Vis Spectrophotometer, and the Particle Size Analyser. Working at CDS for over ten years, he has worked on projects involving thermal analysis of energetic materials, polymers and fuels.
Peter has completed a PhD in new propellants using commercially available binders.
Publications
Articles In Journals
- Wright CJ, Wilkinson PJ, Gaulter SE, Fossey D, Burn AO, .... (2022). Is ResonantAcoustic Mixing® (RAM) a Game Changer for Manufacturing Solid Composite Rocket Propellants?. Propellants, Explosives, Pyrotechnics, 47(1)
- Wilkinson PJ, Weaver MC, Kister G & Gill PP. (2022). Styrene‐Ethylene/Butylene‐Styrene (SEBS) Block Copolymer Binder for Solid Propellants. Propellants, Explosives, Pyrotechnics, 47(1)