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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2009
James Dominic Callaway, Fort Halstead, GB;
James Neil Towning, Fort Halstead, GB;
Raymond Cook, Invercargill, NZ;
Paul Smith, Birmingham, GB;
David Graham Mccartney, Nottingham, GB;
Andrew J. Horlock, Lugano, CH;
James Dominic Callaway, Fort Halstead, GB;
James Neil Towning, Fort Halstead, GB;
Raymond Cook, Invercargill, NZ;
Paul Smith, Birmingham, GB;
David Graham McCartney, Nottingham, GB;
Andrew J. Horlock, Lugano, CH;
Abstract
A pyrophoric material comprises a pyrophoric metal coated onto a wire mesh substrate. Iron and nickel are the preferred metals and a steel wire mesh is suitable. A process for making the pyrophoric material involves spraying an alloy of iron and/or nickel with aluminium onto a mesh using a high velocity oxy-fuel (HVOF) process following by leaching out at least a proportion of the aluminium by treatment with an alkaline solution. The product has application as a supported catalyst or as either an ignition medium or as a flare material in military countermeasures in which applications it is capable of burning at a high temperature.