Propellant compositions including stabilized red phosphorus and methods of forming same

A method of forming a propellant composition, comprising:

• combining a stabilized, encapsulated red phosphorus with nitrocellulose, an energetic plasticizer, and at least one energetic fuel comprising at least one of nitroguanidine and at least one nitramine, the at least one nitramine comprising at least one of 4,10-dinitro-2,6,8,12-tetraoxa-4,10-diaza-tetracyclo-[5.5.5.0.05,903,11]-dodecane (TEX), 1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triaza-cyclohexane (RDX), 1,3,5,7-tetra-nitro-1,3,5,7-tetraaza-cycloocatane (HMX), 2,4,6,8,10,12-hexanitro-2,4,6,8,10,12-hexa-azatetracyclo[5.5.0.05,903,11]dodecane (CL-20), 3-nitro-1,2,4-triazol-5-one (NTO), 1,3,5-triamino-2,4,6-trinitrobenzene (TATB), 1,1-diamino-2,2-dinitro ethane (DADNE), ammonium dinitramide (AND), and 1,3,3-trinitroazetidine (TNAZ).

A propellant composition, comprising:

• a propellant comprising an energetic binder and an energetic plasticizer, the energetic binder comprising at least one of cyclodextrin nitrate, polyvinyl nitrate, a dinitropropylacrylate polymer, and a polymeric nitroethylene and the energetic plasticizer comprising at least one of trinitroglycerine, metriol trinitrate, trimethylolethane trinitrate, diglycol dinitrate, triethylene glycol dinitrate, butanetriol trinitrate, diethyleneglycol dinitrate, propylene glycol dinitrate, ethylene glycol dinitrate, butyl-2-nitratoethyl-nitramine, methyl-2-nitratoethyl-nitramine, and ethyl-2-nitratoethyl-nitramine;
• and
• a stabilized, encapsulated red phosphorus.