Exploding foil detonator

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1983-09-26

1986-07-29

Nelson, Peter A.

Ammunition and explosives

Igniting devices and systems

Electrical primer or ignitor

10220214, F42B 310

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046025650

ABSTRACT:
An exploding foil detonator for explosives in which an exploding bridge shears a foil and drives a piece of that foil against an explosive to detonate the latter.

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Stroud, John R.; "A New Kind of Detonator--The Slapper"; UCRL-77639, Apr. 1, 1976.
Tucker, T. J. and Stanton, P. L., "Electrical Gurney Energy: A New Concept in Modeling of Energy Transfer From Electrically Exploded Conductors", Sandia Laboratories, May 1975.
Schwarz, Alfred C., "Flyer Plate Performance and the Initiation of Insensitive Explosives by Flyer Plate Impact, Sandia Laboratories, Dec. 1975.
"The Slapper: A New Kind of Detonator," Energy and Technology Review, Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, Jul. 1976, pp. 10-14.

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