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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2005
Filed:
Nov. 12, 2002
Lowell L. Wood, Simi Valley, CA (US);
Muriel Y. Ishikawa, Livermore, CA (US);
John H. Nuckolls, Danville, CA (US);
Phillip F. Pagoria, Livermore, CA (US);
James A. Viecelli, Orinda, CA (US);
Lowell L. Wood, Simi Valley, CA (US);
Muriel Y. Ishikawa, Livermore, CA (US);
John H. Nuckolls, Danville, CA (US);
Phillip F. Pagoria, Livermore, CA (US);
James A. Viecelli, Orinda, CA (US);
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed herein are light metal explosives, pyrotechnics and propellants (LME&Ps) comprising a light metal component such as Li, B, Be or their hydrides or intermetallic compounds and alloys containing them and an oxidizer component containing a classic explosive, such as CL-20, or a non-explosive oxidizer, such as lithium perchlorate, or combinations thereof. LME&P formulations may have light metal particles and oxidizer particles ranging in size from 0.01 μm to 1000 μm.