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Heat-expandable beads as burning rate accelerators
Assignee: United States Department of the Army
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Filing: 1982-05-05
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Granted: 1991-10-01
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Expires: 2002-05-05
Abstract
Abstract Mechanical enhancement of the burning rate of solid propellants is achieved by the incorporation of limited percentages of heat-expandable beads into the solid propellant matrix. When the flame front reaches an individual bead, the bead which contains an expanding or blowing agent (e.g., pentane, 4,4'-oxybis(benzenesulfonyl hydrazide) (Celogen OT), etc., expands to several times its volume and ruptures. Bead expansion or rupture causes a disruption of the propellant's surface, and the flame can penetrate into the propellant. This penetration results in a major increase in burning rate.
Inventors
- 👤 David C. Sayles
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-23 07:02
CPC Classifications
C; C06; C06B; C06B45/00; C06B45/04; C06B45/06; C06B45/10; C06B23/00; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S149/00; Y10S149/11; Y10S149/113
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
261 words
In a propellant composition selected from a composite propellant composition or a composite-modified, double-base propellant composition, said composite propellant composition consisting essentially in weight percents of the ingredients as follows: ______________________________________
aluminum powder 12.0
ammonium perchlorate (70 μm)
73.0
N-hexylcarborane 6.0
hydroxyl-terminated
polybutadiene prepolymer
6.0
trimethylolpropane (additive)
0.06
wetting agent (reaction product
0.30
of equimolar quantities of
12-hydroxystearic acid and
tris[2-methylaziridinyl]phosphine
oxide) (additive)
isophorone diisocyanate (additive)
0.70;
______________________________________ said composite-modified, double-base propellant composition consisting essentially of a casting powder portion in weight percents of the ingredients as follows: ______________________________________
nitrocellulose 16.6
nitroglycerin 6.1
carboranylmethyl propionate
3.7-4.7
ammonium perchlorate (1.0 μm)
32.8
aluminum powder 7.2
aluminum whiskers 2.9
resorcinol 0.7
2-nitrodiphenylamine 1.1
______________________________________ and a casting solvent portion in weight percents of the ingredients as follows: ______________________________________
nitroglycerin 25.0
triacetin 2.5
2-nitrodiphenylamine
0.3
hexane diisocyanate
0.14
triphenylbismuthine
0.02
______________________________________ the improvement in burning rate achieved by incorporation of from about 2.9 to about 4.0 weight percent of heat-expandable beads of discrete particles of thermoplastic styrene or its copolymers into the propellant matrix of said composite propellant composition, or substituting said heat-expandable beads for said aluminum whiskers when said selected propellant composition is said composite-modified, double-base propellant composition, said heat expandable beads containing about 5-8% by weight of an expanding or blowing agent that results in bead expansion or rupture during propellant burning when the flame front reaches said heat-expandable bead, said bead expansion or rupture bringing about disruption of the propellant's surface to permit flame penetration into the propellant to thereby achieve a major increase in burning rate of said propellant composition.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
261 words
In a propellant composition selected from a composite propellant composition or a composite-modified, double-base propellant composition, said composite propellant composition consisting essentially in weight percents of the ingredients as follows: ______________________________________
aluminum powder 12.0
ammonium perchlorate (70 μm)
73.0
N-hexylcarborane 6.0
hydroxyl-terminated
polybutadiene prepolymer
6.0
trimethylolpropane (additive)
0.06
wetting agent (reaction product
0.30
of equimolar quantities of
12-hydroxystearic acid and
tris[2-methylaziridinyl]phosphine
oxide) (additive)
isophorone diisocyanate (additive)
0.70;
______________________________________ said composite-modified, double-base propellant composition consisting essentially of a casting powder portion in weight percents of the ingredients as follows: ______________________________________
nitrocellulose 16.6
nitroglycerin 6.1
carboranylmethyl propionate
3.7-4.7
ammonium perchlorate (1.0 μm)
32.8
aluminum powder 7.2
aluminum whiskers 2.9
resorcinol 0.7
2-nitrodiphenylamine 1.1
______________________________________ and a casting solvent portion in weight percents of the ingredients as follows: ______________________________________
nitroglycerin 25.0
triacetin 2.5
2-nitrodiphenylamine
0.3
hexane diisocyanate
0.14
triphenylbismuthine
0.02
______________________________________ the improvement in burning rate achieved by incorporation of from about 2.9 to about 4.0 weight percent of heat-expandable beads of discrete particles of thermoplastic styrene or its copolymers into the propellant matrix of said composite propellant composition, or substituting said heat-expandable beads for said aluminum whiskers when said selected propellant composition is said composite-modified, double-base propellant composition, said heat expandable beads containing about 5-8% by weight of an expanding or blowing agent that results in bead expansion or rupture during propellant burning when the flame front reaches said heat-expandable bead, said bead expansion or rupture bringing about disruption of the propellant's surface to permit flame penetration into the propellant to thereby achieve a major increase in burning rate of said propellant composition.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
44 words
In the propellant composition of claim 1 wherein said improvement in burning rate is achieved by the incorporation of about 3.0 weight percent of said heat-expandable beads containing an expanding or blowing agent, selected from pentane and 4,4'-oxybis(benzenesulfonyl hydrazide), into said composite propellant composition.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
48 words
In the propellant composition of claim 1 wherein said improvement in burning rate is achieved by the incorporation of about 2.9 to about 3.9 weight percent of said heat-expandable beads containing an expanding or blowing agent selected from pentane and 4,4'-oxybis(benzenesulfonyl hydrazide) into said composite-modified, double-base propellant composition.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
42 words
In the propellant composition of claim 3 wherein said carboranylmethyl propionate is present in an amount of about 4.7 weight percent and wherein said improvement in burning rate is achieved by the incorporation of about 2.9 weight percent of said heat-expandable beads.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
42 words
In the propellant composition of claim 3 wherein said carboranylmethyl propionate is present in an amount of about 3.7 weight percent and wherein said improvement in burning rate is achieved by the incorporation of about 3.9 weight percent of said heat-expandable beads.
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