Advances on energetic catalysts for solid propellant

The development of energetic catalysts used in solid propellant in recent years is reviewed. The burning rate catalysts, such as NTO, tetrazolate and some other classes of energetic compounds, and their effects on burning properties are introduced. The development of NTO class energetic catalysts have made great progress, and tetrazolate energetic catalysts are currently hot research areas, and energetic catalysts of other kinds have been involved. At present, the burning rate catalysts with high-energy, environmentally friendly, low signature are still the study emphasis, and the novel tetrazolate energetic catalysts will be come an important researching tendency for composite solid propellant.