Patent ID: 7618506

Claim:
A gas generating composition, comprising: (a) 0.5 to 5% by mass of phosphate glass comprising P 2 O 5 , Al 2 O 3 , Na 2 O and K 2 O, and having a softening point of 550° C. or less; (b) 1 to 15% by mass of aluminum hydroxide; (c) an organic compound as fuel, said fuel is at least one selected from the group consisting of tetrazole compounds, guanidine compounds, triazine compounds, and nitroamine compounds; (d) an oxygen-containing oxidizing agent; and (e) a binder being at least one selected from the group consisting of carboxymethyl cellulose, sodium carboxymethylcellulose, potassium carboxymethylcellulose, carboxymethylcellulose ammonium, cellulose acetate, cellulose acetate butyrate, methyl cellulose, ethyl cellulose, hydroxyethyl cellulose, ethylhydroxyethyl cellulose, hydroxypropyl cellulose, carboxymethylethyl cellulose, fine crystalline cellulose, polyacrylamide, an aminated product of polyacrylamide, polyacryl hydrazide, a copolymer of an acrylamide and a metal acrylate, a copolymer of polyacrylamide and a polyacrylic ester, polyvinyl alcohol, acrylic rubber, guar gum, starch, and silicone.