GB1079583A - Minimal gas producing low detonation rate explosive and detonation sources - Google Patents

Minimal gas producing low detonation rate explosive and detonation sources

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GB1079583A
GB1079583A GB34810/65A GB3481065A GB1079583A GB 1079583 A GB1079583 A GB 1079583A GB 34810/65 A GB34810/65 A GB 34810/65A GB 3481065 A GB3481065 A GB 3481065A GB 1079583 A GB1079583 A GB 1079583A
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explosive
petn
detonation
sources
gas producing
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US Atomic Energy Commission (AEC)
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F42—AMMUNITION; BLASTING
    • F42B—EXPLOSIVE CHARGES, e.g. FOR BLASTING, FIREWORKS, AMMUNITION
    • F42B1/00—Explosive charges characterised by form or shape but not dependent on shape of container
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C06—EXPLOSIVES; MATCHES
    • C06B—EXPLOSIVES OR THERMIC COMPOSITIONS; MANUFACTURE THEREOF; USE OF SINGLE SUBSTANCES AS EXPLOSIVES
    • C06B27/00—Compositions containing a metal, boron, silicon, selenium or tellurium or mixtures, intercompounds or hydrides thereof, and hydrocarbons or halogenated hydrocarbons
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C06—EXPLOSIVES; MATCHES
    • C06B—EXPLOSIVES OR THERMIC COMPOSITIONS; MANUFACTURE THEREOF; USE OF SINGLE SUBSTANCES AS EXPLOSIVES
    • C06B33/00—Compositions containing particulate metal, alloy, boron, silicon, selenium or tellurium with at least one oxygen supplying material which is either a metal oxide or a salt, organic or inorganic, capable of yielding a metal oxide
    • C06B33/06—Compositions containing particulate metal, alloy, boron, silicon, selenium or tellurium with at least one oxygen supplying material which is either a metal oxide or a salt, organic or inorganic, capable of yielding a metal oxide the material being an inorganic oxygen-halogen salt

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  • Compounds Of Alkaline-Earth Elements, Aluminum Or Rare-Earth Metals (AREA)

Abstract

An explosive composition comprises a mixture of a minor proportion of a high explosive, a greater proportion of a perchlorate of boran or of a metal having a valency of at least two, and a major proportion of particulate aluminium. The explosive has a low stable detonation rate and produces only small amounts of gaseous reaction products; it is used for simulating the damage caused by radioactivity excursions on models of nuclear reactor containment components. The high explosive may be PETN, HMX, RDX, or tetryl. Suitable perchlorates are those of Ca, Mg, and Ba. The aluminium is preferably in leaf, flake, or platelet form. The finely divided components are mixed at 140 DEG F. under vacuum and filled into a metal tube (see Division F3). The performance of the explosive is compared with explosives comprising (a) PETN, (b) PETN, Al, and BaO2, and (c) PETN, Al, and KClO4.
GB34810/65A 1964-10-02 1965-08-13 Minimal gas producing low detonation rate explosive and detonation sources Expired GB1079583A (en)

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US401281A US3299811A (en) 1964-10-02 1964-10-02 Minimal gas producing low detonation rate explosive and detonation sources

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GB1079583A true GB1079583A (en) 1967-08-16

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Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
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US5341742A (en) * 1990-12-14 1994-08-30 Eev Limited Firing arrangements

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DE1195213B (en) * 1963-06-12 1965-06-16 Dynamit Nobel Ag Ignition charge for explosives unwilling to end
AT390787B (en) * 1988-01-05 1990-06-25 Advanced Explosives Ges METHOD FOR PRODUCING A BLASTING GAS / / SOLID FUEL

Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US5341742A (en) * 1990-12-14 1994-08-30 Eev Limited Firing arrangements

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