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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 1998
Filed:
Sep. 06, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert S Scheffee, Lorton, VA (US);
Brian K Wheatley, Marshall, VA (US);
Assignee:
Atlantic Research Corporation, Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C06B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
149 18 ; 149 194 ; 149 92 ; 252373 ;
Abstract
A composition for generating a non-toxic, non-flammable, odorless gas is disclosed wherein the propellant of said composition is a mixture of about 30% by weight to about 45% by weight KClO.sub.4 with about 55% by weight to 706 by weight of guanidine nitrate or a gas-generative effective derivative thereof with about 1% by weight to 3% by weight cellulose acetate butyrate, the oxidation ratio of oxidizer to fuel being about 0.92 to about 0.98. The method of using said composition is also disclosed.