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Processes for the manufacture of fuel blocks containing a metallic powder and in the corresponding blocks

US3931374A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 9, 1970
Grant dateJan 6, 1976
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Expiry dateOct 9, 1990

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S149/114
  • WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The fuel block contains an energizing metallic powder, each particle of wh is surface coated with discrete particles of a polyfluoroethylene compound, preferably polytetrafluoroethylene, capable of reacting with the associated metal particle at a temperature below the combustion temperature of the block. The fuel block may be formed from hybrid propergols.

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