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US 2016/0096780 A1Published application
Solid combustible propellant composition
AssigneeGoodrich Corporation
InventorMichael George Mangum
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Abstract
A solid combustible propellant composition is disclosed comprising a solid oxidizer composition comprising ammonium nitrate and at least one other solid oxidizer having a decomposition or melting temperature of at least 500° C., a fuel, and a polymer binder that decomposes by chain scission to undergo liquefaction during combustion of the propellant composition.
Claims15
A solid combustible propellant composition, comprising:
- a solid oxidizer composition comprising ammonium nitrate and at least one other solid oxidizer having a decomposition or melting temperature of at least 500° C.;
- a fuel;
- and
- a polymer binder that decomposes by chain scission to undergo liquefaction during combustion of the propellant composition.
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A method of discharging a propellant, comprising:
- combusting, in an enclosed vessel comprising at least one discharge opening, a composition comprising a solid oxidizer composition comprising ammonium nitrate and at least one other solid oxidizer having a decomposition or melting temperature of at least 500° C., a fuel, and a polymer binder that decomposes by chain scission to undergo liquefaction during combustion of the propellant composition;
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- discharging combustion gases produced by combustion of the composition as a propellant through the discharge opening.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.