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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 09, 1982
Filed:
Dec. 03, 1979
Applicant:
Inventors:
Raymond M Price, Ridgecrest, CA (US);
John S Ward, Ridgecrest, CA (US);
Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F42B / ; C06B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
102520 ; 149 196 ; 149 20 ; 149 22 ; 149 37 ;
Abstract
This invention relates to a combustible sabot and process for its preparan for a spinning tubular projectile. This combustible sabot is prepared in such a way and of such materials that it combusts spontaneously while exiting the gun barrel. The sabot is fabricated from an anhydride cured epoxy binder, boron, molybdenum trioxide, ammonium perchlorate and a metallic fuel selected from either aluminum or magnesium in the presence of a catalyst.