摘要:
A multimodal explosive, in particular for blast charges, which has, for increasing the power, a powder additive which is formed by a hydrogen-terminated monocrystalline silicon powder of at least one grain size range, which powder has the advantage that no oxidation phenomenon takes place even over many years—even at storage in ambient air. Due to the non-oxidized crystal surfaces, advantageously an immediate joint reaction with the explosive takes place in the detonation front and also extends into the post-reaction period with increasing crystal sizes, so that a different propellant effect is achieved depending on the additive.
摘要:
A system of active ballistic protection formed by at least a panel (1) comprising at least two external metallic layers (2,3) between which a layer of energetic material (4) is inserted, characterized in that said energetic material is obtained from a weakened detonating material.
摘要:
A chemical reaction between molten aluminum and an oxygen carrier such as water to do useful work is disclosed, and in particular two chemical methods to obtain aluminum in its molten state. One is to detonate a HE/Al mixture with surplus Al in stoichiometry, and the other is to use an oxidizer/Al mixture with surplus Al in stoichiometry. Additionally, there is a physical method of shocking and heating Al using high temperature reaction products. The produced Al in its liquid form is forced to react with an oxygen carrying liquid (e.g. water), giving off heat and releasing hydrogen gas or other gaseous material. A water solution of some oxygen-rich chemicals (e.g. ammonium nitrate) can be advantageously used in place of water. A shaped charge is also disclosed having a liner that contains aluminum, propelled by a high explosive such as RDX or its mixture with aluminum powder. Some aluminum in its molten state is projected into the perforation and forced to react with water that also enters the perforation, creating another explosion, fracturing the crushed zone of the perforation and initializing cracks. Another shaped charge is shown having a liner of energetic material such as a mixture of aluminum powder and a metal oxide. Upon detonation, the collapsed liner carries kinetic and thermal energy. Also shown are methods to build and to detonate or fire explosive devices in an oxygen carrying liquid (e.g. water) to perforate and stimulate a hydrocarbon-bearing formation.
摘要:
A sensitized explosive that comprises an explosive precipitated onto a sensitizer. The explosive is CL-20, PETN, RDX, HMX, or mixtures thereof and the sensitizer is aluminum, titanium, zirconium, magnesium, melamine, styrene, lithium aluminum hydride, or mixtures thereof. The sensitized explosive is used in a percussion primer that includes a bismuth compound and a melt binder. The bismuth compound is bismuth oxide, bismuth subnitrate, bismuth tetroxide, bismuth sulfide, or mixtures thereof and the melt binder is a wax having a melting point above ambient temperature, trinitrotoluene, poly(3,3-bis(azidomethyl)oxetane), poly(3-azidomethyl-3-methyloxetane), ethyl-3,5-dinitrobenzoate, or mixtures thereof. A gun cartridge and other primer-containing ordnance assemblies employing the percussion primer are also disclosed. Methods of forming the sensitized explosive and the percussion primer are also disclosed.
摘要:
The present invention relates to low-sensitivity, pressable, aluminum-containing explosive compositions and a method of producing them. The compositions comprise between 45 and 95% by weight explosive crystals, between 5 and 55% by weight passivated aluminum and a binder that is chosen such that the composition satisfies the requirements for low-sensitivity explosives (IM requirements). Due to the fact that the aluminum is passivated, the composition can be produced by the use of a well-known water slurry process.
摘要:
The invention disclosed herein relates to an explosive capable of enhanced combustion efficiently capable of sustaining a high pressure over a period of time in a confined environment, such as an air tight room or a cave, where oxygen may be in limited supply. An embodiment of the present invention is a metal composite that combines a binder, a reactive metal and an oxidizer. In another embodiment, a plasticizer and a catalyst may be added. In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, a solid fuel-air explosive (SFAE) having an annular design is used. In a typical annular design, a cylindrical shell of SFAE surrounds the cylindrically shaped high explosive. The SFAE may be selected from the group consisting of reactive metal and metal composite. In addition, the metal composite is formed from at least one reactive metal, at least one binder and an oxidizer.
摘要:
Hollow RX-08HD cylindrical charges were loaded with boron and PTFE, in the form of low-bulk density powders or powders dispersed in a rigid foam matrix. Each charge was initiated by a Comp B booster at one end, producing a detonation wave propagating down the length of the cylinder, crushing the foam or bulk powder and collapsing the void spaces. The PdV work done in crushing the material heated it to high temperatures, expelling it in a high velocity fluid jet. In the case of boron particles supported in foam, framing camera photos, temperature measurements, and aluminum witness plates suggest that the boron was completely vaporized by the crush wave and that the boron vapor turbulently mixed with and burned in the surrounding air. In the case of PTFE powder, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy of residues recovered from fragments of a granite target slab suggest that heating was sufficient to dissociate the PTFE to carbon vapor and molecular fluorine which reacted with the quartz and aluminum silicates in the granite to form aluminum oxide and mineral fluoride compounds.
摘要:
The mechanical burning rate accelerators, e.g., graphite linters or alumi whiskers, which are employed to enhance the burning rate of solid propellants are modified by depositing specks of metal selected from the group of metals consisting of iron, vanadium, or palladium on the graphite linters or aluminum whiskers. An increase in burning rate of the propellant composition is achieved when the modified mechanical burning rate accelerators in an approximately equal percentage by weight is substituted for the unmodified graphite linters or aluminum whiskers in the propellant composition. During the propellant burning the specks of metal generate localized hot spots of heat which is graphite linters or aluminum whiskers conduct into the propellant and thereby produces the increase in burning rate. The propellant with which the modified mechanical burning rate accelerators is evaluated comprised nitrocellulose, nitroglycerine, carboranylmethyl propionate, stabilizers, ammonium perchlorate, aluminum casting powder portion, and the modified mechanical burning rate accelerators in a major portion of nitroglycerine, a minor portion of a stabilizer, and a minor portion of a plasticizer in a casting solvent portion.
摘要:
A METHOD FOR RANDOMLY ORIENTING METALLIC STAPLE IN SOLID PROPELLANTS PREPARED BY SLURRY CASTING IS PROVIDED. THE METALLIC STAPLE IS RANDOMIZED BY CASTING POWDER GRANULES WHICH FORM A PART OF THE SLURRY. THE CASTING POWDER GRANULES ARE ADDED IN A SUFFICIENT QUANTITY TO FORM INTERSTICES BETWEEN THE CASTING POWDER GRANULES. THE STAPLE IS TRAPPED IN THESE INTERSTICS DURING MIXING AND THEREBY RANDOMLY ORIENTED.