Patent ID: 6913661

Claim:
A process of forming a strengthened propellant composition comprising the steps of: grinding ammonium nitrate; and forming a mixture comprising: ground ammonium nitrate in an amount from about 40 percent to about 85 percent by weight of the composition; azidocarbonamide in an amount from about 8 percent to about 12 percent by weight of the composition; polyglycol adipate; and an additional component selected from the group consisting of trimethylol ethane trinitrate, triethylene glycol dinitrate, triethylene glycol trinitrate, butanetriol trinitrate, diethyleneglycol dinitrate, ethyleneglycol dinitrate, nitroglycerine, diethylene glycerin trinitrate, dinitroglycerine, nitrobenzene, N-butyl-2-nitratoethylnitramine, methyl-2-nitratoethylnitramine, ethyl-2-nitratoethylnitramine, cyclotrimethylene trinitramine, cyclotetramethylene tetranitramine, dinitroxyethylnitramine, and mixtures thereof.