I concur this could be the most significant patent in a very long time. So is there a source of this new propellant chemical? Monroe > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: [AR] Re: Bipropellant solid > From: Ben Brockert <wikkit@xxxxxxxxx> > Date: Sun, October 26, 2014 8:12 pm > To: "arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > Good finds on the patent application. Based on the correlation between > the length of a chemical's name and its price on Sigma Aldrich, I > wonder how much that little model rocket cost in propellant. Another > patent says that all you have to do is oxidize 3-amino-1,2,4-triazole > to form 3,3'-azo-1,2,4-triazole, nitrate that, and viola, > 5,5′-dinitro-3,3′azo-1,2,4-triazole. > > That is one of the most impressive patent claims I've seen in years. > If they actually own the entire field of solid bipropellant rockets > that will be quite a feat. > > On Sun, Oct 26, 2014 at 9:56 PM, David W. Schultz > <david.schultz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On 10/26/2014 09:11 PM, Ben Brockert wrote: > >> Anyone know what the propellants are? > >> > >> http://www.lanl.gov/discover/news-release-archive/2014/October/10.23-rocket-design-flight-tested.phpa > >> > >> > > > > I used Google the other day to turn up a patent application: > > > > http://www.google.com/patents/US20140109551 > > > > > > -- > > David W. Schultz > > http://home.earthlink.net/~david.schultz > > Returned for Regrooving > > > > > >