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Paul T Johnsen

Robert B Dillinger

Alfred O Smith

A thin film of ignition inhibitor is applied uniformly to a rocket propelt grain which may be large and have a complex shape. The film is applied by condensation and polymerization of a vaporized monomer to which the grain is subjected. The monomer is prepared by thermally cracking the dimer of paraxylylene or a halogenated paraxylylene derivative.

Vapor deposition of a thin polymer film on solid propellant rocket grain

An igniter for solid fuel rockets in which hot gases from an initiator are hanneled to drive a piston against a reservoir of combustion modifying fluid, like ethylene glycol, so as to spray the fluid onto the propellant grain just before ignition. After the piston moves, the hot gases escape the igniter as to ignite the propellant directly or through an intermediate main ignition charge.

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Ridgecrest, CA, United States of America

Paul T Johnsen