Plasticized high explosive and solid propellant compositions

Claim 1

AN ESSENTIALLY AMORPHOUS EXOTHERMIC COMPOSITION CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF A NITROPOLYMER FUEL AND A SUBMICROSCOPIC SUSPENSION OF A NORMALLY CRYSTALLINE POLYNITROALIPHATIC OXIDIZER HAIVNG AVAILABLE OXYGEN IN EXCESS OF THAT AMOUNT REQUIRED TO BURN THE OXIDIZER TO H20 AND CO, SAID POLYNITROALIPHATIC OXIDIZER BEING DISPERSED UNIFORMLY THROUGH SAID NITROPOLYMER FUEL, SAID FUEL BEING SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF (1) NITROCELLULOSE, POLYDINITROPROPYL ACRYLATE, POLYNITROPOYURETHANE AND POLYPETRIN ACRYLATE WHEN SAID OXIDIZER IS SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF BIS (RINITROETHYL) NITRAMINE, TRINTROETHYL ORTHOCARBONATE, BIS (TRINITROETHYL) CARBONATE, (TRINITROETHYL) UREA AND TRINITROETHYL TRINITROBUTYRATE AND SAID FUEL BEING SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF (2) POLYDINITROPROPYL ACRYLATE, POLYNITROPOLYURETHANE AND POLYPETRINACRYLATE WHEN SAID OXIDIZER IS SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF BIX (TRINITROETHYL) NITRAMINE, TRINITROETHYL ORTHOCARBONATE, BIS (TRINITROETHYL) CARBONATE, TRINITROETHYL FORMAL, TRINITROETHYL ORTHOFORMATE, BIS (TRINITROETHYL) UREA, NITROGLYCERINE AND TRINITROETHYL TRINITROBUTYRATE, SAID COMPOSITON CONTAINING AT LEAST ABOUT 20% BY WEIGHT OXIDIZER BUT NO MORE THAN THAT PERCENTAGE OF OXIDIZER AT WHICH MICROSCOPIC CRYSTALS ARE OBSERABLVE WITHIN THE COMPOSITION.