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US 4,062,708 AGranted
Azide gas generating composition
AssigneeEaton Corporation
InventorGeorge W. Goetz
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InventorGeorge W. Goetz
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A relatively low temperature nitrogen gas generating composition is disclosed which consists essentially of (a) from about 10 to about 50 percent by weight of an oxidizer selected from the oxides of iron, nickel and cobalt, said oxidizer having a primary particle size in the range from about 0.1 micron to about 7 microns in diameter; and, (b) at least 50 percent by weight of an alkali metal azide. Optionally, less than about 10 percent by weight of an alkali metal perchlorate may be included as a booster. The nitrogen gas generating composition provides the nitrogen gas at a low enough temperature but at a sufficiently high speed, without generating a large quantity of finely divided solid residue particles. A major portion of the combustion residue is a coherent porous solid sinter or fused mass of residue particles which autogenously provides both self-filtration of ejected particles and sorption of any molten combustion product.
A solid, ignitable, nitrogen gas generating composition consisting essentially of a major portion by weight of an alkali metal azide and enough finely divided reactant oxide selected from the oxides of iron, cobalt and nickel, to form upon ignition, a solid, porous, coherent combustion residue, without the formation of a deleterious guantity of a molten product of combustion, said reactant oxide being present as a subsieve powder having a primary particle size in the range from about 0.1 micron to about 10 microns.
A nitrogen gas generating pellet consisting essentially of a major proportion by weight of an alkali metal azide intermixed with a minor proportion of a finely divided reactant oxide selected from the oxides of iron, cobalt and nickel, said reactant oxide being dispersed throughout said pellet to sustain generation of nitrogen gas to the substantial exclusion of other gaseous products.
An ignitable mass of nitrogen gas generating pellets packed in pellet to pellet contact in a predetermined configuration, wherein each said pellet consists essentially of a major amount by weight of an alkali metal azide and a minor amount of a reactant oxide selected from the oxides of iron, cobalt and nickel, said gas, upon ignition of said mass, being generated at a temperature in the range from about 1350.degree. F to about 2100.degree. F in less than 100 milliseconds, and said mass autogenously resulting in a solid, porous coherent sinter with microscopic and submicroscopic interconnected cells and passages which selectively permit essentially particle-free nitrogen gas to be evolved from said mass.
A solid, coherent, porous combustion residue or sinter useful as an autogeneously formed filter means for selectively releasing nitrogen gas generated therewithin, said sinter being formed as a reaction product obtained by igniting a major amount by weight of an alkali metal azide and a minor amount by weight of a finely divided reactant oxide selected from the oxides of iron, cobalt and nickel, and releasing nitrogen generated.
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