Fuel rich solid propellant of boron and a fluoro-nitro-epoxide polymer binder
AssigneeRockwell International Corporation
InventorsGeorge A. Lo, Charles L. Hamermesh
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Abstract
A fuel-rich solid propellant gas generator is provided containing about 50 to 70% by weight of a boron fuel and about 30 to 50% by weight of an energetic binder containing a polymer of a dinitrofluoromethyl epoxide of the formula ##STR1## wherein R is alkylene of 1 to 4 carbon atoms.
Claims10
A fuel-rich solid propellant gas generator comprising about 50 to 70% by weight of metallic boron as a fuel and about 30 to 50% by weight of an energetic binder comprising a polymer of a dinitrofluoromethyl epoxide of the formula ##STR7## wherein R is alkylene of 1 to 4 carbon atoms.
A fuel-rich solid propellant gas generator comprising about 50 to 70% by weight of metallic boron as a fuel, about 10 to 20% by weight of a dihydroxy-terminated polyether polymer of the formula ##STR9## wherein R is alkylene of 1 to 4 carbon atoms and n is an integer of from about 3 to 25, about 18 to 30% by weight of a plasticizer and about 1 to 3% by weight of a curing agent.
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