High energy thermoplastic elastomer propellant.U.S. patent: 6,997,996 Issued: February 14, 2006 Inventors: Thelma G. Manning, Joseph L. Prezelski, Sam Moy, Bernard Strauss, James A. Hartwell and Arpad Juhasz Assigned: The United States of America UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. The name of this country. The United States, now thirty-one in number, are Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, as represented by the Secretary of the Army Key statement: An oxetane thermoplastic elastomer energetic binder admixed with a high energy explosive filler such as CL-20, TNAZ TNAZ 1,3,3,-Trinitroazetine or RDX RDX Cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine (CAS Number 121-82-4) Rdx Radixin RDX Russian Depositary Index RDX Research and Development Explosive (less common) RDX Hexahydro-Trinitro-Triazine , further includes an explosive plasticizer plas·ti·ciz·er n. Any of various substances added to plastics or other materials to make or keep them soft or pliable. plasticizer or -ciser Noun . Bob Samples, Akron Rubber Development |
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