ICE-FORMING FUEL Russian patent published in 2004 - IPC

FIELD: weather control agents. SUBSTANCE: invention relates to ice-forming fuel for actively affecting overcooled clouds and mists and it is designed for uses in charges of midflight engines of antihail rockets. Fuel is essential for preparing unitary charges according to low-pressure jet molding technology and it functions both as generator of active crystallization sites for overcooled cloud drops and generator of energy required for movement of antihail rockets. Fuel is composed of, wt %: synthetic diene rubber 2.93-3.27, inert plasticizer 4.72- 13.22, burning rate catalyzing plasticizer 0-8.0, quinol ether 0.35-0.39, 4,4'-isopropylidenediphenol epoxide resin 0.50-1.00, silver iodide 1.00- 8.00, ammonium iodide 10.00-14.00, and ammonium perchlorate - the balance. Such composition ensures ice- forming activity at overcooled cloud temperature -6.0 C equal to (0.2-2.6)•10^-12g^-1 at cloud blowing velocity 100 m/sec. EFFECT: increased rocket mass factor and thereby its efficiency and fly distance value. 1 tbl