Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Enhanced blast explosive
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Application No.: US11451313Application Date: 2006-06-13
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Publication No.: US07972453B2Publication Date: 2011-07-05
- Inventor: Edward W. Sheridan , George D. Hugus , George W. Brooks
- Applicant: Edward W. Sheridan , George D. Hugus , George W. Brooks
- Applicant Address: US MD Bethesda
- Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation
- Current Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US MD Bethesda
- Agency: Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC
- Main IPC: C06B45/00
- IPC: C06B45/00 ; C06B45/14 ; C06B45/04 ; C06B33/00 ; D03D23/00 ; D03D43/00

Abstract:
A thermobaric munition including a composite explosive material, the composite explosive material having a high-explosive composition, and a detonable energetic material dispersed within the high-explosive composition, the detonable energetic material in the form of a thin film, the thin film having at least one layer composed at least in part by a reducing metal and at least one layer composed at least in part by a metal oxide. A related method includes tailoring the blast characteristics of high explosive composition to match a predetermined time-pressure impulse, the method including disbursing a detonable energetic material having a preselected reaction rate within the high-explosive composition, the detonable energetic material in the form of a thin film, the thin film having at least one layer composed at least in part by a reducing metal and at least one layer composed at least in part by a metal oxide.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110132222A1 ENHANCED BLAST EXPLOSIVE Public/Granted day:2011-06-09
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