Explosive and thermic compositions or charges – Structure or arrangement of component or product – Contiguous layers or zones
Patent
1993-09-19
1996-04-09
Nelson, Peter A.
Explosive and thermic compositions or charges
Structure or arrangement of component or product
Contiguous layers or zones
149 37, C06B 4514, C06B 3300
Patent
active
055057993
ABSTRACT:
A complex modulated structure of reactive elements that have the capability of considerably more heat than organic explosives while generating a working fluid or gas. The explosive and method of fabricating same involves a plurality of very thin, stacked, multilayer structures, each composed of reactive components, such as aluminum, separated from a less reactive element, such as copper oxide, by a separator material, such as carbon. The separator material not only separates the reactive materials, but it reacts therewith when detonated to generate higher temperatures. The various layers of material, thickness of 10 to 10,000 angstroms, can be deposited by magnetron sputter deposition. The explosive detonates and combusts a high velocity generating a gas, such as CO, and high temperatures.
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Carnahan L. E.
Nelson Peter A.
Regents of the University of California
Sartorio Henry P.
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