USA as Represented by Secretary of the Navy

Conan R Schultz

Carl Gotzmer

Steven S Kim

Michael K Oetjen

Jonathan R Ross

An incendiary grenade's casing has a fuze with a portion extending into the casing. Thermite disposed in the casing encases the portion of the fuze that extends into the grenade casing. Insulating material is disposed in the casing adjacent to the thermite. Layers of a titanium-boron intermetallic and an oxidizer are disposed in the casing. One layer of the titanium-boron intermetallic is adjacent to the layer of insulating material. This one layer of the titanium-boron intermetallic and a layer of the oxidizer adjacent thereto have a common-axis hole formed therethrough that is aligned with the portion of the fuze. A separating material is disposed at each interface between the titanium-boron intermetallic and the oxidizer.

Incendiary grenade

The present invention comprises a device which is inert and 'thermally-equivalent' to actual ordnance. The device can travel with live ordnance and track the propellant temperatures in order to get a more precise propellant temperature for the ordnance. The device comprises a thermally equivalent inert grain instrumented with thermocouples, connected to a data recorder, and packaged in scaled-down ordnance hardware. The hardware is scaled down to enable the device to more easily travel with live munitions.

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New Carrollton, MD, United States of America

Conan R Schultz