United States Patent | 5,341,639 |
Stephens | Aug. 30, 1994 |
Inventors: | Stephens; William D. (Huntsville, AL). |
Assignee: | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, DC). |
Appl. No.: | 005,729 |
Filed: | Jan. 19, 1993 |
Intl. Cl.: | F02K 9/00; |
U.S. Cl.: | 60/204.; 60/208.; |
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Solid fuel gas generator compositions for use in ducted rockets, in which fullerenes or substituted fullerenes are used. Fullerene compounds in which easily oxidizable groups, oxidizing groups, or salts of oxidizing acids are attached to the spherical carbon skeleton of the fullerene.
The invention described herein may be manufactured, used, and licensed by or for the Government for governmental purposes without the payment to me of any royalties thereon.