Explosive laser light initiation of propellants
Patent
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OSTI ID:6252121
A improved initiator for artillery shell using an explosively generated laser light to uniformly initiate the propellent. A small quantity of a high explosive, when detonated, creates a high pressure and temperature, causing the surrounding noble gas to fluoresce. This fluorescence is directed into a lasing material, which lases, and directs laser light into a cavity in the propellant, uniformly initiating the propellant.
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-36
- Assignee:
- Dept. of Energy, Washington, DC (United States)
- Patent Number(s):
- A; US 5212339
- Application Number:
- PPN: US 7-858457
- OSTI ID:
- 6252121
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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45 MILITARY TECHNOLOGY, WEAPONRY, AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
450000* -- Military Technology
Weaponry
& National Defense
AMMUNITION
CHEMICAL EXPLOSIVES
DESIGN
DETONATIONS
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
EQUIPMENT
EXPLOSIVES
FLUORESCENCE
LASER RADIATION
LUMINESCENCE
MILITARY EQUIPMENT
PROPELLANTS
RADIATIONS
WEAPONS
450000* -- Military Technology
Weaponry
& National Defense
AMMUNITION
CHEMICAL EXPLOSIVES
DESIGN
DETONATIONS
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
EQUIPMENT
EXPLOSIVES
FLUORESCENCE
LASER RADIATION
LUMINESCENCE
MILITARY EQUIPMENT
PROPELLANTS
RADIATIONS
WEAPONS