Solid composite rubber base propellants containing quaternizing agents and metal oxides

Claim 1

A COMPOSITION CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF: (1) 100 PARTS BY WEIGHT OF A POLYMER OF A PLYMERIZABLE HETEROCYCLIC NITROGEN BASE COMPOUND SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF VINYL SUBSITUTED AND ISOPROPENYL SUBSTITUTED PYRIDINES AND QUINOLINES, AND NUCLEAR ALKYL SUBSTITUTED CONRIVATIES THEREOF WHEREIN THE NUCLAR ALKYL SUBSITUTEN CONTAINS FROM 1 TO 8 CARBON ATOMS; (2) FROM 0.5 TO 200 PARTS PER 100 PARTS OF SAID POLYMER OF A METAL OXIDE SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF MAGNESIUM OXIDE, ZINC OXIDE, LITHRAGE, IRON OXIDE, BARIUM OXIDE, STROTIUM OXIDE, VANADIUM OXIDE, COBALT OXIDE, NICKEL OXIDE, AND MIXTURES OF SAID OXIDES; (3) FROM 50 TO 90 WEIGHT PERCENT OF THE TOTAL COMPOSITION OF A SOLID INORGANIC OXIDIZING SALT; AND (4) AN ORGANIC NON-ACID, ELEMENTARY SULFUR-FREE QUATERNIZING AGENT CAPABLE OF FORMING FOURTH AND FIFTH VALENCE BONDS BETWEEN THE HETEROCYCLIC NITROGEN ATOMS OF SAID POLYMER AND ATOMS OTHER THAN HYDROGEN OF SAID QUATERNIZING AGENT, SAID QUATERNIZING AGENT BEING EMPLOYED IN AN AMOUNT FROM ABOUT 10 WEIGHT PERCENT OF THE STOICHIOMETRIC REQUIREMENT TO ABOUT 10 WEIGHT PERCENT OVER THE STOICHIOMETRIC REQUIREMENT NECESSARY TO QUATERNIZE THE NITROGEN ATOMS IN SAID POLYMER WHEN SAID COMPONENTS IS CURED.