| abstract |
A novel gas generating compsn. contains (a) a fuel comprising a metal azide or an organic cpd.; (b) an oxidant; and (c) a ceramic whisker or fibre additive, the ceramic material pref. being selected from aluminium borate, potassium titanate, aluminium oxide, aluminium silicate, zirconium oxide and zinc oxide. Pref. the whiskers or fibres have a thermal conductivity of max. 100 W/mK, have a length of 5-500 microns, a diameter of 0.1-10 microns and/or an aspect ratio of 3-2000 and are present in amount 3-30 wt.%. |