Stable rocket propellant

Claim 1

A COMPOSITION OF MATTER SUITABLE FOR USE AS A PROPELLANT CONSISTING OF AN EFFECTIVE AMOUNT OF A COMBUSTION CATALYST COMPRISING PRUSSIAN BLUE, FROM ABOUT 0.5% TO ABOUT 7% BY WEIGHT OF FINELY DIVIDED CARBON CONTAINING NOT MORE THAN ABOUT 5% ASH, THE PARTICLE SIZE OF SAID CARBON BEING SUCH THAT THE FINELY DIVIDED CARBON WILL PASS THROUGH A #20 U.S. STANDARD SIEVE, FROM ABOUT 10% TO ABOUT 25% BY WEIGHT OF A PLASTIC BINDER CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF BETWEEN ABOUT 18% AND 40% BY WEIGHT OF CELLULOSE ACETATE WHICH ANALYZES FROM ABOUT 51% TO 57% BY WEIGHT ACETIC ACID, AND FROM ABOUT 60% TO 82% BY WEIGHT OF PLASTICIZER COMPONENTS CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF THE LIQUID POLYESTERIFICATION CONDENSATION PRODUCT OBTAINED BY REACTING ONE MOL OF AN ALIPHATIC OXYDICARBOXYLIC ACID CONTAINING 4 TO 6 CARBON ATOMS PER MOLECULE WITH FROM ABOUT 1.08 MOLS TO ABOUT 1.3 MOLS OF AT LEAST ONE DIHYDRIC ALCOHOL SELECTED FROM THE CLASS CONSISTING OF ETHYLENE GLYCOL, PROPYLENE GLYCOL, POLYETHYLENE GLYCOL ETHER, POLYPROPYLENE GLYCOL ETHER AND MIXTURES THEREOF WHICH ETHERS AND MIXTURES THEREOF HAVE AN AVERAGE MOLECULAR WEIGHT NOT MORE THAN ABOUT 200 AND WHICH POLYESTERIFICATION CONDENSATION PRODUCT IS ESSENTIALLY ANHYDROUS AND HAS AN AVERAGE MOLECULAR WEIGHT OF ABOUT 250 TO ABOUT 1000, AND AT LEAST ONE NITRODIPHENYL ETHER CONTAINING FROM ONE TO THREE NITRO GROUPS PER MOLECULE AND SUBSTANTIALLY NOT MORE THAN TWO NITRO GROUPS ON ANY BENZENE NUCLEUS, THE RATIO BY WEIGHT OF SAID POLYESTERIFICATION CONDENSATION PRODUCT TO SAID NITRODIPHENYL ETHER IN SAID BINDER BEING IN THE RANGE OF 1:4 TO 4:1, FROM ABOUT 0.5 TO 4% OF A GASSING INHIBITOR SELECTED FROM THE CLASS CONSISTING OF (A) RZ(NR''R")X WHERE R IS SELECTED FROM THE CLASS CONSISTING OF HYDROGEN AND ALKYL CONTAINING FROM 1 TO 12 CARBON ATOMS, Z IS AN AROMATIC NUCLEUS SELECTED FROM THE CLASS CONSISTING OF PHENYL AND NAPHTHYL, R'' AND R" ARE SELECTED FROM THE CLASS CONSISTING OF HYDROGEN AND ALKYL CONTAINING FROM 1 TO 4 CARBON ATOMS AND X IS AN INTEGER FROM 1 TO 3, AND (B) DIPHENYLAMINE, DINAPHTHYLAMINE, AND PHENYL NAPHTHYLAMINE, THE REMAINDER ESSENTIALLY ALL AMMONIUM NITRATE, SAID COMPOSITION CONTAINING AT LEAST ABOUT 70% BY WEIGHT OF AMMONIUM NITRATE.