Use of graphite fibers to augment propellant burning rate

Claim 1

IN A SLURRY EXPLOSIVE COMPOSITION OF MATTER COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE OXYGEN RELEASING SALT SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF AMMONIUM NITRITE, CHLORATE AND PERCHLOTATE, ALKALI METAL NITRITES, CHLORATE AND PERCHLORATES, AND ALKALINE EARTH METAL NITRITES, CHLORATES AND PERCHLORATES, WATER, AND AT LEAST ONE FUEL SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF WATER SLUBLE FUELS, WATER SOLUBLE OR SPARINGLY WATER SOLUBLE NONMETALLIC FUEL AND METALLIC WATER INSOLUBLE FUEL, THE COMBINATION SAID COMPOSITION OF AT LEAST ONE DETONATION SENSITIZING MATERIAL IN DIVIDED FORM AND COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE METALLIC COMPONENT SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF ALUMINIUM AND ALLOYS RICH IN ALUMINIUM SAID DETONATION SENSITIZING MATERIAL THE IMPROVEMENT WHEREIN THERE IS BONDED TO THE SURFACE OF AT LEAST PART OF SAID METALLIC COMPONENT AT LEAST ONE FURTHER MATERIAL DERIVED AND SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF ALKALI METAL SALTS OF A RESIN ACID, ALKALINE EARTH SALTS OF A RESIN ACID, HYDROGENATED ROSIN, DEHYDROGENATED ROSIN, DIMERIZED ROSIN AND POLYMRIZED ROSIN AND WHEREIN SAID FURTHER MATERIAL CONSTITUTES FROM 00.01 TO 0.2% W/W OF SAID DETONATION SENSITIZING MATERIAL.