Title:
【発明の名称】低感度メルトキャスト爆発物
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2003520175
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
A melt-cast explosive which shares comparable explosive properties to those of COMP B explosives and is melt-pourable and castable under conditions comparable to those of COMP B explosives, but experiences less impact, shock, and thermal sensitivity and avoids the issues of toxicity associated with COMP B. A fundamental and well-accepted component of COMP B, i.e., trinitrotoluene (TNT), is replaced with one or more mononitro-substituted or dinitro-substituted melt-cast binders, such as dinitroanisole, which can be melt-cast without presenting the toxicity drawbacks experienced with the use of TNT. The melt-cast binder can also be combined with a processing aid selected from the group consisting of alkylnitroanilines and arylnitroanilines. Preferably, the composition also includes coarse oxidizer particles and an energetic filler in fine particulate form.
Inventors:
Doll, Daniel W
Hanks, Jami M
High Smith, Thomas Kay
Lund, Gary Kay
Nills, John Bee
Hanks, Jami M
High Smith, Thomas Kay
Lund, Gary Kay
Nills, John Bee
Application Number:
JP2001546607A
Publication Date:
July 02, 2003
Filing Date:
December 21, 2000
Export Citation:
Assignee:
Alliant Techsystems Inc.
International Classes:
F42B5/16; C06B21/00; C06B25/06; C06B25/34; C06B29/16; (IPC1-7): C06B25/06; C06B25/34; C06B29/16; F42B5/16
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Kazuo Shamoto (5 outside)