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GAP and HTPB are polymers on which the copolymer obtained in our work is based. The following report indicates how to perform the polymerization reactions for these two polymers in order to obtain a copolymer that combines their individual positive physico-chemical properties. It demonstrates how the ratio of substrates and reaction conditions affe...
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... analysis was performed for the GAP-HTPB-GAP copolymers obtained. A comparison of the spectra for samples with extreme nitrogen content, for A4P1 and A7P1, as well as for A4P2 and A7P2 copolymers, is presented in Figures 10 and 11, respectively. ...
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... copolymers were subject to thermo-gravimetric analysis. The analytical curves are shown in Figure 12. In each instance, two peaks indicating mass loss were observed, which correspond to exothermic reactions, at about 200 °C the azide groups from the GAP segment of the copolymer, and at approximately 350 °C the HTPB segment of the copolymer, respectively. ...
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... Much work deals with the substitution of the hydroxyl-terminated polybutadiene (HTPB) binder and fuel with energetic polymers containing explosophoric groups, which can decompose without an oxidizer [5][6][7]. Many such compounds have been synthesized, but the most prominent are: -glycidyl azide polymer (GAP), -poly[(3-nitratomethyl)-3-methyloxetane] (polyNIMMO), -poly[3,3-bis(azidomethyl)oxetane] (polyBAMO), and -poly(glycidyl nitrate) (polyGLYN). ...
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