Explosive laser light initiation of propellants

Patent · Tue May 18 00:00:00 EDT 1993

OSTI ID:6252121

Piltch, M S

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): US 5212339; A
• Application Number: PPN: US 7-858457
• OSTI ID: 6252121
• Resource Relation: Patent File Date: 27 Mar 1992
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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45 MILITARY TECHNOLOGY, WEAPONRY, AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
WEAPONS
DESIGN
AMMUNITION
CHEMICAL EXPLOSIVES
DETONATIONS
FLUORESCENCE
LASER RADIATION
MILITARY EQUIPMENT
PROPELLANTS
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
EQUIPMENT
EXPLOSIVES
LUMINESCENCE
RADIATIONS
450000* - Military Technology
Weaponry
& National Defense