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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2009
Gregory M. Fritz, Pikesville, MD (US);
Robert Allen Knepper, Baltimore, MD (US);
Timothy P. Weihs, Baltimore, MD (US);
Alexander E. Gash, Brentwood, CA (US);
John S. Sze, Saratoga, CA (US);
Gregory M. Fritz, Pikesville, MD (US);
Robert Allen Knepper, Baltimore, MD (US);
Timothy P. Weihs, Baltimore, MD (US);
Alexander E. Gash, Brentwood, CA (US);
John S. Sze, Saratoga, CA (US);
Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC, Livermore, CA (US);
John Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (US);
Abstract
An energetic composite having a plurality of reactive particles each having a reactive multilayer construction formed by successively depositing reactive layers on a rod-shaped substrate having a longitudinal axis, dividing the reactive-layer-deposited rod-shaped substrate into a plurality of substantially uniform longitudinal segments, and removing the rod-shaped substrate from the longitudinal segments, so that the reactive particles have a controlled, substantially uniform, cylindrically curved or otherwise rod-contoured geometry which facilitates handling and improves its packing fraction, while the reactant multilayer construction controls the stability, reactivity and energy density of the energetic composite.