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US 4,362,584 AGranted
Method for binary propellant
AssigneePyrodex Corporation
InventorMichael K. Levenson
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Abstract
This invention relates to propellants and in particular to a method for safely forming a binary propellant. More specifically, this invention relates to a method for safely forming a Binary Propellant useful as a propellant replacement for Black Powder.
Claims1
A method for preparing a binary propellant having reduced sensitivity which comprises subjecting a mixture of a powdered oxidizing component and a powdered fuel component to mild shear action for a period of time sufficient to produce a heterogeneous propellant composition having an unconfined critical propagation diameter of greater than one-sixteenth inch.
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