The company currently deals with two types of energetic materials – ammonium perchlorate composite propellant (APCP), which ...

For MESOS, Kip says he used a propellant known as ammonium perchlorate composite propellant (APCP). While the composition naturally varies depending on the application, this family of propellants ...

The group is creating a sugar motor, made from sorbitol and potassium nitrate, which will replace the traditional ammonium perchlorate composite fuel typically used in solid propellant systems.

The FT report cited two unnamed officials as saying that the sodium perchlorate could produce 960 tons of ammonium perchlorate, enough to make 1,300 tons of propellant, which could fuel 260 mid ...