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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 01, 1982
Filed:
Jun. 19, 1980
Applicant:
Inventors:
Charles H Herty, III, Waco, TX (US);
Samuel E McClendon, Waco, TX (US);
Assignee:
Hercules Incorporated, Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C06B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
149 192 ; 60207 ; 60208 ; 149 20 ; 149114 ;
Abstract
A castable solid propellant composition suitable for use as a fuel generator for a ducted rocket motor is provided. The binder for the composition is a crosslinked polysiloxane. The polysiloxane polymer which is crosslinked to form the binder has a viscosity measured at 77.degree. F. of from about 12 poise to about 50 poise. The metal fuel for the composition is a mixture of spherical and flake magnesium. The composition contains from about 16% to about 20% polysiloxane binder and from 55% to 63% magnesium fuel. The oxidizer is principally ammonium perchlorate.