Patent ID: 7815759
Filing Date: 2010-10-19
Classification: C06B

Abstract:
1. A method for reducing sensitivity to electrostatic discharge in an electrostatic charge dissipation composition, comprising: providing an energetic component composed of particles; depositing electrically non-conducting binder onto said particles to form treated particles, wherein said electrically non-conducting binder is selected from the group of binders consisting of nitrocellulose, glycidyl azide polymer, and polyglycidyl nitrate; suspending said treated particles in a solution of a monomer in a suitable solvent wherein said monomer is selected from the group consisting of 3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene, pyrrole, aniline, acetylene, and 2,2′-thiophene; oxidatively polymerizing said monomer to deposit electrically conducting polymer onto said treated particles; and separating and drying said treated particles on which electrically conducting polymer has been deposited to form a composition having decreased sensitivity to electrostatic discharge.