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US 4,269,637 AGranted
High-performance MHD solid gas generator
AssigneeRockwell International Corporation
InventorJoseph E. Flanagan
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Abstract
A solid propellant gas generator based upon dialkali tetranitroethane salts which produces high electron densities for magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) applications.
Claims6
A solid propellant electron-producing gas generator, which comprises:
- a dialkali tetranitroethane salt selected from the group consisting of potassium tetranitroethane, cesium tetranitroethane, and mixtures thereof;
- a halogen free energetic binder system;
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- a metallic fuel selected from the group consisting of aluminum, zirconium, boron, and mixtures thereof.
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