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US H1,341 HGranted
High energy propellant formulation
OwnerCharles W. Hughes, James H. Godsey +1inventors
InventorsCharles W. Hughes, James H. Godsey, Robert F. Keller
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Abstract
A high energy rocket propellant can be formed wherein the propellant binder has a cellulose acetate butyrate: polyethylene glycol ratio of about 0.01 to 0.03 on a weight basis.
Claims18
A propellant composition comprising:
- polyethylene glycol;
- a nitrate ester;
- the biuret trimer of hexamethylene diisocyanate;
- 2-nitrodiphenylamine;
- N-methyl-p-nitroaniline;
- an organo-bismuth compound;
- a metal selected from aluminum, boron and beryllium;
- cyclotetramethylene tetranitramine;
- ammonium perchlorate;
- and,
- optionally at least one crosslinking agent selected from the group consisting of trimethylol propane, glycerin, cellulose acetate butyrate, cellulose acetate and cellulose butyrate alone, or said acetate and butyrate in combination.
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A propellant composition comprises by weight percent:
- about 6.25 polyethylene glycol,
- about 0.06 cellulose acetate butyrate,
- about 19.02 nitroglycerin,
- about 0.88 biuret trimer of hexamethylene diisocyanate,
- about 0.19 2-nitrodiphenylamine,
- about 0.60 N-methyl-p-nitroaniline,
- about 0.02 triphenyl bismuth,
- about 18.0 aluminum,
- about 46.0 cyclotetramethylene tetranitramine, and
- about 9.0 ammonium perchlorate.
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A propellant composition comprising by weight percent:
- About 6.25 polyethylene glycol,
- about 0.06 cellulose acetate butyrate,
- about 19.02 nitroglycerin,
- about 0.88 biuret trimer of hexamethylene diisocyanate,
- about 0.19 2-nitrodiphenylamine,
- about 0.60 N-methyl-p-nitroaniline,
- about 0.02 triphenyl bismuth,
- about 18.0 aluminum,
- about 47.0 cyclotetramethylene tetranitramine, and
- about 8.0 ammonium perchlorate.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.