BALLISTITE FUEL Russian patent published in 2002 - IPC

FIELD: rocket fuels. SUBSTANCE: low-smoke ballistite fuel contains, wt %: nitrocellulose 35.0- 40.0, plasticizer 25.0-32.0, diphenylamine (chemical stabilizer) 0.4-2.0, burning catalysts (II and III-group metal oxides or lead oxide/cadmium carbonate association, or trilead tetraoxide, or leadcopper catalyst based on complex compound of lead and copper with phthalic acid, or phthalic acid/nickel salicylate mixture, or phthalic acid/copper oxide mixture) 1.0-4.0, carbon black (burning modifier) 0.01-1.2, burning stabilizer (titanium dioxide and calcium carbonate) 1.0-3.3, process additives 0.2-1,0, effective explosives - the balance. Burning rate of fuel is controlled within a wide range at pressures between 2 and 35 MPa. EFFECT: stabilized burning in rocket engine. 4 cl, 1 tbl