Plateau propellant compositions
AssigneeThe United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
InventorsAlbert T. Camp, Elmer R. Csanady, Paul R. Mosher
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Abstract
The addition of monobasic cupric .beta.-resorcylate to a double base propant plasticized by only nitrate esters having primary nitroxy groups in order to obtain a plateau burning characteristic.
Claims10
In a double base propellant plasticized by primary bonded nitrate esters, the improvement comprising adding about 0.2 to about 2 weight percent of monobasic cupric .beta.-resorcylate as a ballistic modifier.
A double base propellant composition comprising a binder, a plasticizer selected from the group consisting of pentacrythritol trinitrate (PETRIN), diethylene glycol dinitrate (DEGDN), metriol trinitrate (MTN), triethylene glycol dinitrate (TEGDN), and mixtures thereof, and about 0.2 to about 2 weight percent of monobasic cupric .beta.-resorcylate.
A method of producing a plateau burning characteristic in a double base propellant plasticized by primary bonded nitrate esters comprising adding from about 0.2 to about 2 weight percent of monobasic cupric .beta.-resorcylate.
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