Catalysts for nitramine propellants
AssigneeThe United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
InventorsRobert A. Fifer, James E. Cole
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Abstract
This invention relates to novel nitramine propellant compositions for guns nd rockets.
Claims11
A propellant composition, which comprises a particulate organic nitramine propellant and an effective amount for burn rate acceleration of a metal tetrahydridoborohydride of the following formula:
- Me(BH.sub.4).sub.x, wherein Me represents an alkali metal or an alkaline earth metal and x is 1 when Me is an alkali metal and x is 2 when Me is an alkaline earth metal.
A method of increasing the burn rate of a nitramine propellant, which comprises incorporating therewith an effective amount for burn rate acceleration of a metal tetrahydridoborohydride of the formular Me(BH.sub.4).sub.x, wherein Me represents an alkali metal or an alkaline earth metal and x is 1 when Me is an alkali metal and x is 2 when Me is an alkaline earth metal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.