Claims
- 1. A solid propellant composition in the form of a compacted solid propellant pellet that is formed by dead pressing using a pressure from about 500 pounds total load to about 10,000 pounds total load, said solid propellant pellet producing hydrogen or deuterium from a self-sustaining reaction after said reaction is initiated by a heat source sufficient to initiate said reaction, said solid propellant composition comprising a uniform predetermined molar ratio mixture of a first reactant compound which is a complex metal boron compound selected from the complex metal boron compounds of the general formula M(BH.sub.4).sub.x or M(BD.sub.4).sub.x, (wherein M equals a metal selected from an alkali or an alkaline earth metal and x equals the valence of said metal, H is hydrogen, and D is deuterium) and a second reactant compound which is an ammonium salt selected from the ammonium salts of the general formula (NH.sub.4).sub.2 Y or a deuteroammonium salt selected from the deuteroammonium salts of the general formula (ND.sub.4).sub.2 Y, (wherein Y represents the anion Cr.sub.2 O.sub.7 with a total charge of 2, N is nitrogen, H is hydrogen, and D is deuterium), said first reactant compound varying in a molar ratio from about 2 to about 7 while said second reactant compound varying in a molar ratio from about 1 to about 2.
- 2. The solid propellant composition of claim 1 wherein said M of said complex metal boron compound is Na and wherein x of said complex metal boron compound is one, said first reactant compound is NaBH.sub.4, said NaBH.sub.4 molar ratio being 7 to 2 of said (NH.sub.4).sub.2 Cr.sub.2 O.sub.7.
- 3. The solid propellant composition of claim 1 wherein said M of said complex metal boron compound is Na and wherein x of said complex metal boron compound is one, said first reactant compound is NaBD.sub.4, said NaBD.sub.4 molar ratio being 7 to 2 of said (ND.sub.4).sub.2 Cr.sub.2 O.sub.7.
DEDICATORY CLAUSE
The invention described herein may be manufactured, used, and licensed by or for the Government for Governmental purposes without the payment to us of any royalties thereon.
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