Processing aids for gas generants
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1. A gas generant comprisinga) between about 15 and about 70 wt % fuel,b) between about 20 and about 80 wt % oxidizer,c) at least about 5 wt % of said gas generant composition comprising a metal oxide or metalloid oxide which may either function as an oxidizer and thus be a portion of said oxidizer b) or serve another function, andd) between about 0.05 and about 2 wt % of a release aid comprising a mixture of mica and a salt of a fatty acid.
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Abstract
In a gas generant composition for automotive airbag inflation, a gas generant composition comprises a fuel and an oxidizer the composition includes a metal oxide or metalloid oxide and a processing aid which is a mixture of mica and a salt of a fatty acid.
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1. A gas generant comprising
a) between about 15 and about 70 wt % fuel, b) between about 20 and about 80 wt % oxidizer, c) at least about 5 wt % of said gas generant composition comprising a metal oxide or metalloid oxide which may either function as an oxidizer and thus be a portion of said oxidizer b) or serve another function, and d) between about 0.05 and about 2 wt % of a release aid comprising a mixture of mica and a salt of a fatty acid.
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3. A gas generant in accordance with claim i wherein said mica and said salt of a fatty acid are present at ratios of between about 1:
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- 4 and about 4;
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