Triaminoguanidine nitrate-containing propellants
AssigneeHercules Incorporated
InventorWilliam M. Howard
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Abstract
The thermal stability of propellant compositions containing triaminoguanidine nitrate and an energetic plasticizer-binder system is vastly improved by including in the composition an amount of resorcinol sufficient to provide with the plasticizer a solution which is essentially saturated or super-saturated at 25.degree. C.
Claims10
In a solid gas generating, rocket or gun propellant composition comprising an intimate mixture of an oxidizing agent selected from triaminoguanidine nitrate (TAGN) and mixtures of TAGN with secondary organic oxidizing agents, a liquid energetic nitrate ester or organic nitramine plasticizer, a nitrocellulose-containing binder component and a stabilizer, the improvement wherein the stabilizer comprises resorcinol, said resorcinol being employed in the liquid energetic plasticizer in an amount so as to at least essentially saturate the liquid energetic plasticizer with resorcinol at 25.degree. C.
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