NITROGEN GENERATING COMPOSITIONS

• US 3,755,182 A
• Filed: 01/27/1972
• Issued: 08/28/1973
• Est. Priority Date: 01/27/1972
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Mervin D. Marshall
• Original Assignee: Mervin D. Marshall
• Inventors: Marshall, Mervin D.
• Primary Examiner(s): Vertiz, Oscar R.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Miller, Hoke S.
• Application Number:
  US05/221,391
• Time in Patent Office: 579 Days
• Field of Search: 423/351 252/188.3,350,408,181.4
• US Class Current: 149/35
• CPC Class Codes: C01B 21/02 Preparation of nitrogen by decomposition of ammonia C01B3/047
• CPC Class Codes: C06B 35/00 Compositions containing a metal azide

Abstract

Compositions of sodium azide and polyvalent metal sulfates burn when ignited to produce nitrogen.

Claims

2. A composition according to claim 1 in which the sulfate is calcium sulfate.

3. A composition according to claim 1 containing less than about 3 moles of sodium azide for each molecular equivalent of sulfate ion.

4. A composition according to claim 3 in which the sulfate is calcium sulfate.