Insensitive fuze train for high explosives

Patent · Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1994

OSTI ID:869106

Cutting, Jack L ^[1]; Lee, Ronald S ^[1]; Von Holle, William G ^[1]

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1. Livermore, CA

A generic insensitive fuze train to initiate insensitive high explosives, such as PBXW-124. The insensitive fuze train uses a slapper foil to initiate sub-gram quantities of an explosive, such as HNS-IV or PETN. This small amount of explosive drives a larger metal slapper onto a booster charge of an insensitive explosive, such as UF-TATB. The booster charge initiates a larger charge of an explosive, such as LX-17, which in turn, initiates the insensitive high explosive, such as PBXW-124.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• Assignee: United States of America as represented by United States (Washington, DC)
• Patent Number(s): US 5275106
• OSTI ID: 869106
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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