Smokeless slow burning cast propellant
US4112849A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 11, 1949 |
| Grant date | Sep 12, 1978 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 11, 1969 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF02K9/08
- WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
1. A cast, combustible composition comprising: granular ammonium nitrate; catalytic amounts of a powdered combustion catalyst intimately mixed with the ammonium nitrate, said catalyst being selected from the group consisting of zirconium hydride, cobalt, nickel, alloys of cobalt, nickel, and zirconium, and the oxides of cobalt and nickel; and an elastic, combustible, crosslinked, resinous fuel consisting of a copolymer which is preponderantly methyl acrylate in sufficient amount to fill the voids between the granules of ammonium nitrate and catalyst.
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