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4285743 Granular propellant and a method of producing the same  
A double-base granular propellant consisting mainly of nitroglycerine and nitrocellulose, said nitrocellulose being formed into a three-dimensional structure by the crosslinking reaction of a...
4277636 Process for preparing high density fuels  
Method for effecting the formation of co-trimers of cyclopentadiene and methylcyclopentadiene whereby a mixture of the dimers of said dienes is heated in the presence of an inert solvent. The...
4276100 Process for disposing of decoy flare material  
A process for the disposal of decoy flares comprised essentially of magnem powder, fluorocarbon rubber and polytetrafluoroethylene. The flare is separated into chunks which are then soaked in...
4265406 Comminution process  
A process is described for the comminution of a solid material in the presence of a saturated solution of the solid in a liquid in which the solid has a solubility greater than 1%, and also in the...
4243442 Pre-solution preparation of double base propellant binder  
A method for preparing a binder for use in a double base propellant comprng forming a suspension of stabilizer components in the binder material by low shear mixing, combining the suspension with a...
4229182 Recovery of aluminum from composite propellants  
Aluminum is recovered from solid rocket propellant containing a small amount of oxidizer by depolymerizing and dissolving propellant binder containing functional or hydrolyzable groups in a...
4216041 Energy producing waste material composition and method of preparation  
The present invention combines sewage by-products such as sludge cake, with a composition which includes iron-containing waste materials to form a heat-producing composition. First, waste materials...
4207126 Watergel explosives containing microspheres  
A process for the manufacture of water gel explosives comprising mixing microspheres to be expanded in a concentrated solution or eutectic melt containing part of the ingredients of the finished...
4207125 Pre-mix for explosive composition and method  
A method and composition are provided for preparing slurry explosive formulations characterized in containing separate liquid and particulate phases. The liquid phase is a detonation insensitive...
4195548 Blasting slurry pump truck  
The present invention relates to a pump truck for handling aqueous slurry blasting agents. The truck is designed to mix and pump the slurry without the use of augers, electrical drives, hydraulic...
4177217 Continuous process for conversion of dimethyldicyclopentadiene to endo-dimethyldicyclopentadiene, a missile fuel  
Dimethyldicyclopentadiene is continuously hydrogenated to tetrahydrodimethyldicyclopentadiene and then the latter is continuously isomerized to a missile fuel. Both the hydrogenation and the...
4169863 Codimers of norbornadiene and alkynes  
Norbornadiene and an alkyne are catalytically codimerized in the presence of a homogeneous catalytic system of cobaltic or cobaltous acetylacetonate, 1,2-bisdiphenylphosphino ethane and an alkyl...
4169864 Codimers of norbornadiene and phenylacetylenes  
Novel codimers (I) of norbornadiene and phenylacetylenes and their hydrogenated derivatives (II), having the following structures ##STR1## wherein R is a hydrogen, a phenyl, or a phenyl having...
4167428 Conductance method for determining the mechanical properties of propellants  
A solid propellant grain is converted from a non-conductive filled elasto into a highly-conductive filled elastomer by introducing an effective amount of an alkali metal tungstate or the analogous...
4165773 Method for producing electronically excited nitrogen fluoride  
Electronically excited nitrogen fluoride is formed by reacting fluorine atoms with azide radicals according to the reaction: F+N 3 ➝NF*+N 2 . in a preferred embodiment, the azide radical is...
4166045 Purification of combustion catalysts and solid propellant compositions containing the same  
Combustion catalysts for solid propellants are extracted with a solution comprising a solvent in which the catalyst is essentially insoluble and a solute which is an effective chelating agent for...
4163682 Method for disposing of red phosphorus composition  
A method for disposing of a pyrotechnic composition comprised of red phosrus, manganese dioxide, magnesium, zinc oxide and linseed oil, with at least fifty percent of the composition being red...
4157270 Hydrogen gas generator from hydrazine/ammonia  
A catalyst bed containing alumina pellets on which an active catalyst metal selected from iridium, nickel, niobium, and molybdenium has been deposited is employed to decompose a compound selected...
4152360 Preparation of tetramethylene nortricyclane  
Catalytic codimerization of norbornadiene and 1,3-butadiene, using a three-component homogeneous catalytic system consisting of cobaltic or cobaltous acetylacetonate, 1,2-bisdiphenylphosphino...
4151022 Immobilized explosive component in foamed matrix  
An explosive composition comprising a dispersion of an explosive component which is located in and immobilized by a foamed non-explosive matrix.
4144107 Gelled explosive compositions  
This invention relates to a gelled explosive and a method for its preparation. More specifically, the invention relates to a gelled explosive composition containing water, at least one member...
4142928 Method and apparatus for the production of explosive slurry  
A method and apparatus for the production of explosive slurry composed of liquids containing fuels and oxidizing agent and under circumstances solid constituents and sensitizers, the state of...
4138281 Production of explosive emulsions  
A process and apparatus for preparing cap sensitive water-in-oil explosive emulsion compositions on a commercial basis is provided which includes mixing a hydrocarbon fuel component, an emulsifier,...
4132742 Process for making codimers of norbornadiene and phenylacetylenes using a cobalt catalyst  
Novel codimers (I) of norbornadiene and phenylacetylenes and their hydrogenated derivatives (II), having the following structures ##STR1## wherein R is a hydrogen, a phenyl, or a phenyl having...
4124663 Continuous process for pelleting explosive compositions  
Finely divided pellets or granules are formed from a molten explosive comition by a combination of spray chilling and prilling techniques, which comprises atomizing the molten explosive composition...
4115168 Carbon monosulfide generating process  
This application concerns a process for generating carbon monosulfide (CS) in quantity for a carbon monoxide (CO) chemical laser using thermochemical dissociation of carbon disufide (CS 2 ) in a...
4110409 Process for making codimers of norbornadiene and alkynes using a cobalt catalyst  
Norbornadiene and an alkyne are catalytically codimerized in the presence of a homogeneous catalytic system of cobaltic or cobaltous acetylacetonate, 1,2-bisdiphenylphosphino ethane and an alkyl...
4098627 Solvolytic degradation of pyrotechnic materials containing crosslinked polymers  
Pyrotechnic materials containing a crosslinked polymer as a component thef are decomposed by heating to a temperature of about 50° to about 160° C in a liquid medium comprising an active hydrogen...
4098835 Vinyl nortricyclane  
Processes for preparing vinyl nortricyclane (I) and its hydrogenated derivative, ethyl nortricyclane (II) are disclosed. The nortricyclane (II) can be used as a high energy fuel or a fuel diluent....
4086286 Isomerization of tetrahydropolycyclopentadienes to a missile fuel additive  
Mixed tetrahydropolycyclopentadienes are isomerized in the presence of anhydrous aluminum trichloride to form an additive suitable for use with a high energy missile fuel. The amount of aluminum...
4082583 Solventless double base propellants and method for plasticizing MTN nitrocellulose propellants without use of solvents  
Solventless double base propellants plasticized by metriol trinitrate thrh the addition of triethylene glycol dinitrate in a ratio of at least 1:14 triethylene glycol dinitrate to metriol trinitrate.
4047989 Method for the recovery of blasting oil from effluents from the production of nitroglycerine-containing explosives  
Blasting oil contained in the effluent from the production of explosives containing nitroglycerine is recovered by extracting with nitroaromatics which make part of the final explosive, the...
4040879 Process for preparing a match head composition containing particulate nitrocellulose and no sulfur  
A match head composition is prepared by mixing and kneading the component agents of the composition with glue and water, characterized in that wetted powdery cellulose nitrate containing more than...
4031150 Catalytic dimerization of norbornadiene to Binor-S  
Binor-S is prepared by the dimerization of norbornadiene (bicyclo[2.2.1]hepta-2,5-diene) at an excellent conversion and an excellent selectivity using an effective amount of a two component...
4018676 Removal of explosive materials from water by chemical interaction on strongly basic ion exchange resins  
Hydrolyzable, non-aromatic, nitroso- or nitro-substituted explosive compos are removed from water by adsorption of the explosive on a strongly basic anion exchange resin, and by chemical...
4008108 Formation of foamed emulsion-type blasting agents  
In the chemical foaming of emulsions to form blasting agents, the gas-generating material (foaming agent), or a component thereof, is introduced into a stream of the emulsion and the stream...
4001060 Method for preparing an extrudable priming mixture containing modified karaya gum  
A method of treating karaya gum to stabilize it so that it is less sensitive to the presence of certain priming compositions and will exhibit, when used with priming compositions, improved...
3968723 Method for reclaiming and recycling plastic bonded energetic material  
The plastic bonded explosive in obsolete or otherwise rejected warheads is xplosively shocked out of the warheads so that materials from which the explosive is made can be recycled. The process...
3968126 Ferrocene derivatives and their preparation  
A series of hydroxy containing ferrocene derivatives are prepared. The fecene derivatives are useful as burning rate catalysts in solid rocket propellants.
3959042 High impetus, low flame temperature, composite propellants and method of making  
High impetus, low flame temperature propellants are produced by the incoration of a polynitramine into a saturated polymer of a lower hydrocarbon.
3930844 Method for disposal of pyrotechnic waste  
A method for disposing of tracer ammunition pyrotechnic material containing trontium nitrate, magnesium, strontium peroxide, polyvinyl chloride, calcium resinate, barium peroxide, oxamide, zinc...
3897237 Process for disposing of pyrotechnic flares  
A process for the disposal of pyrotechnic flares comprised essentially of gnesium, sodium nitrate and a binder. The flare is crushed and then soaked in a solvent which softens and dissolves the...
3883645 Preparation of beryllium hydride  
Beryllium hydride of high bulk density, suitable for use as a component of high-energy fuels, is prepared by the pyrolysis, in solution in an inert solvent, of a di-tertiary-alkyl beryllium. An...
3882208 Method for production of spherical particles of a solid material  
A process for making spherical solid particles, especially useful for solid xplosives and propellant ingredients, wherein the solid material, such as hydroxylammonium perchlorate, is subjected to a...
3864178 Liquid polynuclear hydrocarbyl ferrocenes  
Compositions of matter consisting essentially of mixtures of polynuclear hydrocarbyl substituted ferrocene compounds, each ferrocene nucleus being substituted with at least one hydrocarbyl group,...
3816193 METHOD OF PREPARING A BERYLLIUM HYDRIDE- CONTAINING COMPOSITE  
Crystalline beryllium hydride composites of increased density are prepared by heating, to an elevated temperature and under elevated pressure, the corresponding amorphous composites containing a...
3774496 BOREHOLE CHARGING APPARATUS  
A manually portable apparatus for the charging of small diameter boreholes with slurry explosive includes a slurry explosive storage compartment, a pneumatically operated reciprocal pump detachably...
3678140 PROCESS FOR FOAMING AQUEOUS PROTEIN-CONTAINING BLASTING AGENTS  
Passing a thickened protein-containing water-bearing blasting agent through a plurality of orifices at a pressure of about 40 to 160 psi to create a vacuum in the area where the blasting agent...
3650858 SURFACE TREATMENT PROCESS FOR SOLID ROCKET PROPELLANT COMPOSITION  
A process for extending the storage and environmental capabilities of cured polymers by depositing an age retardant agent on the surface of the polymer. An age retardant agent such as a plasticizer...
3542611 GELLED BLASTING OILS AND PROCESSES