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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 03, 2008
John M. Kelley, Owings Mills, MD (US);
Robert C. Gill, White Plains, MD (US);
John M. Kelley, Owings Mills, MD (US);
Robert C. Gill, White Plains, MD (US);
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
The invention is a composition for a high burning-rate solid rocket propellant, where the composition includes a binder compounded with a soluble energetic additive; a metallic fuel; and an oxidative fuel. The resulting composition has a tactical Class 1.3 hazard rating, and a linear regression rate that is substantially equivalent to a tactical Class 1.1 hazard rating obtainable using solid rocket propellants. The composition may include a heat-conducting element, a plasticizer, a curing component, a combustion catalyst, and curing catalyst.