07-22-2010, 10:49 AM
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the middle-aged rocketeer
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Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Urbana, Illinois.....the birthplace of HAL
Posts: 468
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bazookadale
The sulfur in the BP acts as a binder, but the MSDS I found with a case of motors indicated that a small amount of dextrin was added which would also be a binder
I have also been wrong in the past - once in 1973 and again in 1994!
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Yes, I believe it was dextrin, I can't seem to find the pdf I had of that. A Google search shows that it is used as a binder in pyrotechnics.
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