{"id":369102,"date":"2026-08-07T16:21:37","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T10:51:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=369102"},"modified":"2026-08-07T16:21:37","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T10:51:37","slug":"hyderacene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/hyderacene\/","title":{"rendered":"HYDERACENE"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content-box-green\">\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong> The University of Hyderabad (UoH) has secured an Indian patent for HYDERACENE.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"red-h2-box\">About HYDERACENE<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/scontent.fdel1-9.fna.fbcdn.net\/v\/t39.99422-6\/763761977_1059595213210881_5312092301566390392_n.png?stp=dst-jpg_tt6&amp;cstp=mx1440x1800&amp;ctp=s640x640&amp;_nc_cat=105&amp;_nc_map=urlgen_bucketless&amp;ccb=1-7&amp;_nc_sid=127cfc&amp;_nc_ohc=k_umEU_mfKsQ7kNvwFDDb8u&amp;_nc_oc=AdqwXxgJAHzwPFiI56PIo7ypWfP02fopig14yh9CCVu9mtHpI3u_L1JtiEb75-ebpcTZmKBYhnitkOOwYT8exLo0&amp;_nc_zt=14&amp;_nc_ht=scontent.fdel1-9.fna&amp;_nc_gid=SlU8JfYQyK8lB3_FENgsxQ&amp;_nc_ss=7a289&amp;oh=00_AQGxBmGZlUe-VfbjiNAPiQWVWjRVzaPqJEvIT3jKN21jlg&amp;oe=6A7B548B\" alt=\"May be an image of text\" width=\"241\" height=\"301\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>HYDERACENE is a <strong>novel polymer-based material<\/strong> developed<strong> for use in solid rocket propellants for defence and space applications.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It has been patented under the title <strong>\u201cSynthesis of Novel Burn Rate Catalyst, Ferrocene Polyethylene Glycidyl Grafted Hydroxyl-Terminated Polybutadiene via Ring-Opening Polymerization.\u201d<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Developed by:<\/strong> It has been developed by<strong> Prof. Tushar Jana (School of Chemistry) with co-inventors Dr. Mutyalanaidu Ganivada and Sourav Jana.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Properties<\/strong>:\n<ul>\n<li>It has been developed as an<strong> indigenous alternative to BUTACENE,<\/strong> a commercially available <strong>polymer-based burn-rate modifier used in solid rocket propellant<\/strong>s in the aerospace and defence sectors.<\/li>\n<li>Unlike conventional solid propellant formulations, which require separate binder and burn-rate catalyst materials, <strong>HYDERACENE combines both functions in a single polymer molecule.<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>This improves <strong>long-term stability by preventing the catalyst from separating from the binder over time<\/strong> and enables more controlled and efficient combustion in solid rocket motors.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Application<\/strong>: It is intended for <strong>use in solid rocket propellants employed in rockets, missiles<\/strong> and other solid-propellant propulsion systems.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Benefits:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>It could strengthen<strong> India\u2019s self-reliance in strategic defence technologies.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>This i<strong>nvention could reduce India\u2019s dependence on imported strategic materials,<\/strong> which cost about `50,000-`60,000 per kilogram.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: The University of Hyderabad (UoH) has secured an Indian patent for HYDERACENE. About HYDERACENE HYDERACENE is a novel polymer-based material developed for use in solid rocket propellants for defence and space applications. It has been patented under the title \u201cSynthesis of Novel Burn Rate Catalyst, Ferrocene Polyethylene Glycidyl Grafted Hydroxyl-Terminated Polybutadiene via Ring-Opening Polymerization.\u201d&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/hyderacene\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">HYDERACENE<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10366,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,11959,12039],"tags":[11872,11318],"class_list":["post-369102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-defence","category-knolls","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-the-new-indian-express","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10366"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=369102"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369102\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=369102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=369102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=369102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}