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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 1986
Filed:
Jan. 04, 1985
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert W Bickes, Jr, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Michael R Kopczewski, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Alfred C Schwarz, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by the Department of Energy, Washington, DC (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F42B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
102200 ; 89-8 ;
Abstract
The invention is a detonator for use with high explosives. The detonator comprises a pair of parallel rail electrodes connected to a power supply. By shorting the electrodes at one end, a plasma is generated and accelerated toward the other end to impact against explosives. A projectile can be arranged between the rails to be accelerated by the plasma. An alternative arrangement is to a coaxial electrode construction. The invention also relates to a method of detonating explosives.