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US 2026/0125332 A1Published application
Thermoplastic-based energetic material production
AssigneeFirehawk Aerospace, Inc.
InventorsMichael Joseph Baier, Nicholas Shane Podany
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Abstract
An energetic material includes a matrix of a thermoplastic polymer and an oxidizer distributed in the thermoplastic polymer matrix. The energetic material can be produced, for example, by a method that includes adding the oxidizer to the thermoplastic polymer while the thermoplastic polymer is in a softened state to form a mixture, which is then cooled to produce the energetic material.
Claims31
A method comprising:
- dissolving a thermoplastic polymer in a solvent to form a slurry;
- adding an oxidizer to the slurry;
- and
- after adding the oxidizer to the slurry, removing the solvent from the slurry to produce an energetic material comprising the oxidizer distributed in a matrix of the thermoplastic polymer.
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A method comprising:
- adding an oxidizer to a softened thermoplastic polymer composition to produce a mixture;
- and
- cooling the mixture of oxidizer and softened thermoplastic polymer composition to produce an energetic material comprising the oxidizer in a matrix of the thermoplastic polymer.
A method comprising:
- at a first location, forming pellets of energetic material comprising an oxidizer in a matrix of a thermoplastic polymer;
- transporting the pellets to a second location;
- and
- at the second location, using the pellets as feedstock for manufacturing of an energetic device.
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A method comprising:
- forming pellets of energetic material comprising an oxidizer in a matrix of a thermoplastic polymer;
- and
- storing the pellets.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.