Chemical Materials of AP Composite Propellants

As in the case of double-base propellants, various types of materials, such as plasticizers, burning rate modifiers, and combustion instability suppressants, are added to mixtures of AP and a binder. Table 4.12 shows the materials used to formulate AP composite propellants. 

Binder (fuel) HTPB, CTPB, PBAN, HTPE, HTPS, HTPA, PU, PS, PVC 

Binder (energetic fuel) GAP, BAMO, AMMO, NIMO 

Curing and/or crosslinking agent IPDl, TDl, PQD, HMDl, MAPO 

Burning rate catalyst EcjOj, EeO(OH), ferrocene, catocene 

Burning rate catalyst Burning rate negative catalyst Negative burning rate modifier Metal fuel 

High-energy additive Combustion instability suppressant HCl suppressant 

PVC 

NIMO IPDI, TDI, PQD, HMDI, MAPO MAPO, TEA, MT-4 DOA, IDP, DOP 

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