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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 1998
Filed:
Mar. 14, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Christopher John Welham, Ingatestone, GB;
Assignee:
Disarmco Limited, Essex, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A62D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
588202 ;
Abstract
A method is described for disposing of an explosive munition consisting of a mass of explosive contained in a casing, which method comprises locally heating a region of the casing to a temperature below the melting point of the material of the casing but sufficiently hi to initiate combustion of the explosive mass. The heat is preferably applied by the use of a thermit which burns at a lower temperature than conventional thermits an which uses as a combustible powder a mixture of aluminum iron oxide and a moderator, such as silica sand.