Rocketry Glossary

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Ammonium Perchlorate

(NH4ClO4) The oxidizer used in most composite rocket motors. Other components are Aluminum powder (fuel) and polybutediene rubber (the binder holding it all together). This is the propellant mixture that the Shuttle SRB's use. See Binder


   

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