Solid composite propellants containing burning rate catalysts

Claim 1

A SOLID PROPELLANT COMPOSITION COMPRISING: FROM 12 TO 26 WEIGHT PERCENT OF A BINDER COMPONENT WHEREIN SAID BINDER COMPRISES ONE MEMBER SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF POLYBUTADIENE, POLYSIOBUTYLENE, POLYSIOPRENE, COPOLYMERS OF ISOBUTYLENE AND ISOPRENE, AND POLYURETHANES COMPRISING A LIQUID POLYESTER CONTAINING 5.9 $0.5% BY WEIGHT OF ISOCYANATE END GROUPS AND HAVING A VISCOSITY OF 80,000 $ 15,000 CENTISTOKES AT 25*C., A FULLY SATURATED POLYBUTYLENE OXIDE LIQUID POLYMER CONTAINING 4.0$0.3% ISOCYANATE GROUPS BY WEIGHT AND HAVING A VISCOSITY OF 14,000-19,000 CENTISTOKES AT 25*C., FULLY SATURATED POLYPROPYLENE GLYCOL LIQUID POLYMERS CONTAINING 3.2$0.4% ISOCYANATE GROUPS BY WEIGHT AND HAVING A VISCOSITY OF 14,000-19,000 CENTISTOKES AT 25*C. AND A POLYBUTADIENE LIQUID POLYMER CONTAINING 1.6% BY WEIGHT OF CARBOXY GROUPS AND HAVING A MOLECULAR WEIGHT OF 55,000 AND A VISCOSITY OF 59,000 CENTISTOKES AT 25*C: 2 TO 10 WEIGHT PERCENT OF A CATALYST FOR INCREASING THE BURNING RATE OF THE SAID PROPELLANT COMPOSITION WHEREIN SAID CATALYST IS SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF DECABORANE; A MIXTURE OF ALKYL-DECARBORANES CONSISTING ON A WEIGHT BASIS OF 67% MONOETHYLDECABORANE, 26% DIETHYLDECABORANE, 2.5% TRIETHYLDECABORANE AND 4.5% DECABORANE; ISOPROPENYLCARBORANE AND FERROCENE; AND THE BALANCE BEING AN OXIDANT COMPONENT OF A SOLID INORGANIC OXIDIZING SALT.