Liquid propellant
AssigneeThe United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
InventorsJoseph E. Mastroianni, William F. Newton
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Abstract
A liquid monopropellant, suitable as a gun propellant, is obtained from a quid composition comprising from about 70 to about 95 weight percent of a liquid nitrated organic compound and from about 5 to 30 weight percent of a diester represented by the formula ROOC(CH.sub.2).sub.n COOR wherein R represents an alkyl of 3 to 5 carbon atoms and n is either 5 or 7.
Claims6
In a liquid monopropellant composition comprising a nitrate ester or a nitroparaffin, the improvement which comprises the inclusion from about 5 to about 25 weight percent of the total composition of a di-ester having the formula ROOC(CH.sub.2).sub.n COOR wherein R is an alkyl of 3 to 5 carbon atoms and n is 5 to 7.
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