Additive for propelling charge
AssigneeThe United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
InventorsArthur J. Bracuti, Louis A. Bottei
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Abstract
An improved invention is provided having a propellant charge; propellant-taining bag or propellant-containing container which is coated with a composition for reducing muzzle flash and gun barrel erosion, the composition comprises sodium or potassium water glass and a volatile flash suppressant of NH.sub.4 HCO.sub.3, (NH.sub.4).sub.2 CO.sub.3 and/or KHCO.sub.3.
Claims3
In an improved munition for a gun comprising a propellant charge and a composition for reducing muzzle flash and gun-barrel erosion, the improvement consisting of water glass as an admixture with or adjacent grains of said propellant charge.
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