Ordnance – Accelerating
Patent
1988-05-27
1998-01-27
Carone, Michael J.
Ordnance
Accelerating
F41F 100
Patent
active
057124426
ABSTRACT:
A method for propelling a projectile by applying a high power pulse of electrical current to a metal fuel element (of Al, Al--Li, or Al--Mg) causing the element to explode dispersing molten metal fuel into water with which it reacts to rapidly generate hydrogen gas at high pressure; the hydrogen gas is used to push the projectile. After the peak current is reached, an inductive electrical energy source drives the electrical current into the molten metal fuel/water mixture thus driving the reaction to completion.
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Ford Richard D.
Lee Woodrow W.
Carone Michael J.
Forrest John
Johnson Roger D.
Montgomery Christopher K.
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of
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