Electrostatic discharge reduction in energetic compositions
First Claim
1. A propellant composition containing at least 75 weight percent solids in a nonpolar polymeric binder comprising an effective quantity of conductive carbon fibrils sufficient to provide a volume resistivity to a level below or on the order of about 1010 ohm-cm, wherein said carbon fibrils are present in the propellant composition in the range from about 0.005 to about 0.1 weight percent, said carbon fibrils being catalytically grown and substantially free of pyrolytically deposited thermal carbon.
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Abstract
Conductive carbon fibrils are incorporated into energetic compositions to reduce electrostatic discharge susceptibility. The carbon fibrils are grown catalytically from carbon precursors and are substantially free of pyrolytically deposited thermal carbon. The fibrils generally have a length in the range from about 1μ to about 10μ and a diameter in the range from about 3.5 nanometers to about 75 nanometers. Length to diameter aspect ratios are greater than 5, and typically in the range from about 100:1 to about 1000:1. An effective amount of fibrils is included in the energetic compositions to decrease the resistivity to a level below or on the order of about 1010 ohm-cm. In most cases, fibril concentration will be in the range from about 0.005 to about 0.1 weight percent.
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39 Claims
- 1. A propellant composition containing at least 75 weight percent solids in a nonpolar polymeric binder comprising an effective quantity of conductive carbon fibrils sufficient to provide a volume resistivity to a level below or on the order of about 1010 ohm-cm, wherein said carbon fibrils are present in the propellant composition in the range from about 0.005 to about 0.1 weight percent, said carbon fibrils being catalytically grown and substantially free of pyrolytically deposited thermal carbon.
- 12. A propellant composition comprising conductive carbon fibrils present in the propellant composition in the range from about 0.005 weight percent to about 0.1 weight percent, said carbon fibrils being catalytically grown and substantially free of pyrolytically deposited thermal carbon.
- 19. A propellant composition containing at least 75% solids comprising conductive carbon fibrils having a diameter in the range from about 3.5 nanometers to about 75 nanometers, said carbon fibrils being catalytically grown and substantially free of pyrolytically deposited thermal carbon, wherein the carbon fibrils are present in the propellant composition in the range from about 0.01 to about 0.1 weight percent.
- 22. A propellant composition containing at least 65 weight percent solids in a polar polymeric binder comprising conductive carbon fibrils having a diameter in the range from about 3.5 nanometers to about 75 nanometers, wherein said carbon fibrils are present in the propellant composition in the range from about 0.01 to about 0.1 weight percent, said carbon fibrils being catalytically grown and substantially free of pyrolytically deposited thermal carbon.
- 25. A method for reducing electrostatic discharge susceptibility in a propellant composition containing at least 75 weight percent solids in a nonpolar polymeric binder comprising incorporating into said propellant composition an effective quantity of conductive carbon fibrils sufficient to provide a volume resistivity to a level below or on the order of about 1010 ohm-cm, wherein said carbon fibrils are incorporated into the propellant composition in the range from about 0.005 to about 0.1 weight percent, said carbon fibrils being catalytically grown and substantially free of pyrolytically deposited thermal carbon.
- 30. A method for reducing electrostatic discharge susceptibility in an energetic composition comprising incorporating into said energetic composition conductive carbon fibrils in the range from about 0.005 weight percent to about 0.1 weight percent, said carbon fibrils being catalytically grown and substantially free of pyrolytically deposited thermal carbon.
- 36. A method for reducing electrostatic discharge susceptibility in propellant composition containing at least 75 weight percent solids comprising incorporating into said propellant composition conductive carbon fibrils having a diameter in the range from about 3.5 nanometers to about 75 nanometers, wherein said carbon fibrils are incorporated into the propellant composition in the range from about 0.01 to about 0.1 weight percent, said carbon fibrils being catalytically grown and substantially free of pyrolytically deposited thermal carbon.
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39. A method for reducing electrostatic discharge susceptibility in a propellant composition containing at least 65 weight percent solids in a polar polymeric binder comprising incorporating into said energetic composition conductive carbon fibrils having a diameter in the range from about 3.5 nanometers to about 75 nanometers, wherein said carbon fibrils are incorporated into the propellant composition in the range from about 0.005 to about 0.1 weight percent, said carbon fibrils being catalytically grown and substantially free of pyrolytically deposited thermal carbon.
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