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Deflagrating propellant compositions
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1975-07-24
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Granted: 1978-12-05
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Expires: 1995-07-24
Abstract
Abstract Gas-forming deflagrating compositions which produce relatively low peak pressures and impart high velocity to projectiles are formed by incorporation of from about 1 to about 25 percent of water in an oxidizer-fuel mixture.
Inventors
- 👤 Daniel E. Pawlak
- 👤 Michael Levenson
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-25 21:09
CPC Classifications
C; C06; C06B; C06B47/00; C06B47/14
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
94 words
In a deflagrating gas generating composition for producing controlled gas pressure which imparts high velocity to projectiles at relatively low peak pressure, the improvement which comprises employing, as the essential gas-producing elements, approximately 82.5-30 parts by weight of an oxidizing agent selected from the group consisting of ammonium, alkali metal, and alkaline earth nitrates, chlorates and perchlorates; approximately 14.5-45 parts by weight of an oxidizable derivative of an organic carboxylic acid selected from the group consisting of ammonium and alkali metal salts of aromatic carboxylic acids; and approximately 25-1.0 parts by weight of water.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
94 words
In a deflagrating gas generating composition for producing controlled gas pressure which imparts high velocity to projectiles at relatively low peak pressure, the improvement which comprises employing, as the essential gas-producing elements, approximately 82.5-30 parts by weight of an oxidizing agent selected from the group consisting of ammonium, alkali metal, and alkaline earth nitrates, chlorates and perchlorates; approximately 14.5-45 parts by weight of an oxidizable derivative of an organic carboxylic acid selected from the group consisting of ammonium and alkali metal salts of aromatic carboxylic acids; and approximately 25-1.0 parts by weight of water.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
17 words
A composition according to claim 1, wherein the oxidizing agent is an alkali metal or ammonium perchlorate.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
22 words
A composition according to claim 1, wherein the oxidizing agent is potassium perchlorate and the organic carboxylic acid derivative is sodium benzoate.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
26 words
A composition according to claim 1, consisting of approximately 50-80 parts of potassium perchlorate, approximately 14.5-45 parts of sodium benzoate and approximately 1-25 parts of water.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
28 words
A composition according to claim 1 which consists of 75 parts of potassium nitrate, 15 parts of sodium benzoate, 10 parts of sulfur and 3 parts of water.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
32 words
A composition according to claim 1 which consists of from 20 to 50 percent of the composition claimed therein admixed with from 80 to 50 percent of the components of black powder.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
44 words
A composition according to claim 6 which consists of 45 parts of potassium nitrate, 9 parts of charcoal, 6 parts of sulfur, 19 parts of potassium perchlorate, 11 parts of sodium benzoate, 6 parts of dicyanamide and from 1 to 4 parts of water.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
79 words
The process for preparing a composition according to claim 1 which comprises intimately mixing an oxidizing component selected from the group consisting of ammonium, alkali metal, and alkaline earth nitrates, chlorates and perchlorates with an organic reducing or fuel component selected from the group consisting of ammonium and alkali metal salts of aromatic carboxylic acids in the presence of excess water, reducing the water to a range of 1.0 to 25.0 percent by weight, and recovering the resulting composition.
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