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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2007
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2003
Laszlo J. Kecskes, Havre de Grace, MD (US);
Lee S. Magness, Jr., Joppa, MD (US);
Laszlo J. Kecskes, Havre de Grace, MD (US);
Lee S. Magness, Jr., Joppa, MD (US);
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides a ballistic testing recovery apparatus and method for allowing post impact analysis of pyrophoric projectile debris wherein the apparatus comprises a containment chamber having an interior volume filled with a solvent-soluble granulated material. The containment chamber is formed with an aperture in a side wall for receiving a launched projectile therethrough. The projectile impacts a target plate disposed in the containment box and projectile debris is thereafter ejected into the surrounding solvent-soluble granulated material. The solvent-soluble granulated material operates to capture and quench the projectile debris before devitrification and/or crystallization erodes the 'as-ejected' characteristics of the pyrophoric projectile debris.