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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7091192 | Linear cyclodextrin copolymers Linear cyclodextrin copolymers and linear oxidized cyclodextrin copolymers containing an unoxidized and/or an oxidized cyclodextrin moiety integrated into the polymer backbone are described. Methods of preparing such copolymers are also described. The linear cyclode... | 08/15/2006 |
| 6527887 | Polymeric cyclodextrin nitrate esters Cyclodextrin polymers are nitrated to provide novel nitrate esters of cyclodextrin polymers which are useful for encapsulating explosives to provides energetic compositions of reduced sensitivity; a new method for the preparation of cyclodextrin polymers ... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6468370 | Gas generating composition for vehicle occupant protection apparatus An apparatus (10) comprises a vehicle occupant protection device (14), and an actuator (10) for the vehicle occupant protection device (14). The actuator (10) includes a gas generating material (18) or both a gas generating material (18) and an autoigniti... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6110306 | Complexed liquid fuel compositions This invention relates to liquid propellant compositions containing an enetic material of organic nitrate esters. The organic nitrate esters of the present invention are complexed with a nitrate ester plasticizer, bismuth subsalicylate, and stabilizer to... | 08/29/2000 |
| 5552000 | Shaped explosive by recrystallization from a non-aqueous self-explosive emulson An explosive composition is derived from a non-aqueous emulsion of a solution of a self-explosive dispersed as the discontinuous phase (D-phase) throughout a continuous phase (C-phase) which is substantially immiscible with the D-phase. The emulsion is pr... | 09/03/1996 |
| 5205983 | Energetic plasticizer and improved gas producing charges An energetic plasticizer for double base propellants comprising (1) a mixe of sorbitol tetra-,penta-, and hexa-nitrate (MSN) and (2) a polyolpolynitrate selected from the group consisting of diethyleneglycoldinitrate (DEGDN), triethyleneglycoldinitrate (... | 04/27/1993 |
| 5114506 | Energetic composites of cyclodextrin nitrate esters and nitrate ester plasticizers An energetic composite made of a mixture of (1) a solid nitrate ester of a cyclodextrin or a mixture of cyclodextrins; nd (2) an energetic organic nitrate ester plasticizer.... | 05/19/1992 |
| 5051142 | Emulsion explosive containing nitrostarch Emulsion explosive compositions comprising a discontinuous aqueous oxidizer salt phase and a continuous carbonaceous fuel phase and from about 5% to about 50% nitrostarch are disclosed which exhibit increased resistance to precompression or dead pressing ... | 09/24/1991 |
| 4980000 | Nitrostarch emulsion explosives production process The present invention provides a method for producing a water-in-oil emulsion and the emulsion explosives therefrom containing nitrostarch by nitrating starch with an excess of a nitrating agent, treating the reaction mixture thereof with anhydrous ammoni... | 12/25/1990 |
| 4523967 | Invert emulsion explosives containing a one-component oil phase Method of maximizing stability and minimizing production of toxic fumes as explosion by-products by utilizing a moisture resistant blasting composition and said composition, comprising an invert emulsion component having, as the continuous external organi... | 06/18/1985 |
| 4336085 | Explosive composition with group VIII metal nitroso halide getter An improved explosive composition is disclosed and comprises a major portion of an explosive having a detonation velocity between about 1,500 and 10,000 meters per second and a minor amount of a getter additive comprising a non-explosive compound or mixtu... | 06/22/1982 |
| 4014719 | Flexible explosive composition comprising particulate RDX, HMX or PETN and a nitrostarch binder plasticized with TEGDN or TMETN Flexible, self-supporting explosive compositions composed essentially ently of a particulate high explosive RDX, HMX and/or PETN and a nitrostarch binder plasticized with trimethylolethane trinitrate and/or triethyleneglycol dinitrate.... | 03/29/1977 |
