USA As Represented by Secretary of the Navy

Paul R Mosher

Albert T Camp

Elmer R Csanady

Hermann S Haiss

An energetic plasticizer for double base propellants comprising (1) a mixe of sorbitol tetra-,penta-, and hexa-nitrate (MSN) and (2) a polyolpolynitrate selected from the group consisting of diethyleneglycoldinitrate (DEGDN), triethyleneglycoldinitrate (TEGDN), nitroglycerin (NG) and mixtures thereof. Also included are compound formulations for double base, modified double base, and composite modified double base propellants incorporating the above energetic plasticizer.

Energetic plasticizer and improved gas producing charges

The addition of monobasic cupric .beta.-resorcylate to a double base propant plasticized by only nitrate esters having primary nitroxy groups in order to obtain a plateau burning characteristic.

Plateau propellant compositions

Solventless double base propellants plasticized by metriol trinitrate thrh the addition of triethylene glycol dinitrate in a ratio of at least 1:14 triethylene glycol dinitrate to metriol trinitrate.

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Paul R Mosher