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Gerald L MacKenzie

Marguerite S Chang

Charles R McCulloch

James E Rose

John H Highby

Robert O Petri

An igniter composition for a gas generator comprises a stoichiometric comation of pyrotechnic metal selected from the group consisting of beryllium, boron, lithium, sodium, titanium, magnesium, aluminum and alloys and mixtures thereof and one or more halogenated polymers; and fumed colloidal silica in an amount from about 0.5 to about 2.5 percent of the total composition weight.

Ignition composition

Cooled gas generating solid propellant, includes sodium azide or lithium de as a nitrogen gas source, a fluorocarbon binder material, a combustion catalyst, and alkaline metal acid salt coolant.

Coolant additives for nitrogen generating solid propellants

Solid gas generating and gun propellant compositions employing triaminogudine nitrate as a propellant ingredient in admixture with an oxidant and a suitable compatible binder material.

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Gerald L MacKenzie