Raytheon Company

Alliant Techsystems Inc.

Carl Shanholtz

David R Smith

Thomas M Deppert

Matthew S Scott

Dayne Lancaster

David Shields

Disclosed herein are energetic compositions and methods of making thereof. A composition includes particles of a nitrogen-containing oxidizer dispersed in a polymeric binder and a bonding agent bonded to a surface of at least a portion the particles. The bonding agent disclosed is a Lewis acid.

Bonding agents for nitrogen-containing oxidizers

Disclosed herein are energetic compositions and methods of making thereof. A composition includes hydrazinium nitroformate (HNF) particles dispersed in a polymeric binder and a bonding agent bonded to a surface of at least a portion the HNF particles. The bonding agent disclosed is a Lewis acid.

Methods to desensitize hydrazinium nitroformate (HNF)

A pourable opaque centerport for solid propellant rocket motors and method for applying the same are disclosed. The pourable centerport inhibitor for solid propellant rocket motors has a curing system that includes a prepolymer and a curing agent. The prepolymer and the curing agent are combined to form a pourable polymeric binder that cures into an amorphous solid. The pourable centerport inhibitor also includes an opaque agent. The pourable centerport inhibitor may also include a plasticizer. The plasticizer, the prepolymer, and the curing agent are preferably the same type that is in the solid propellant with which it will be used in conjunction.

Centerport inhibitor for a solid propellant rocket motor, a solid propellant rocket motor including same, and a method of inhibiting a centerport of a solid propellant rocket motor

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