Non-lead environmentally safe projectiles and explosive container
Abstract
A solid object having controlled frangibility, such as a bullet or a container for explosives, is made by combining two different metals in proportions calculated to achieve a desired density, without using lead. A wetting material is deposited on the base constituent which is made of a relative dense, hard material. The wetting material enhances the wettability of the base constituent with the binder constituent, which is lighter and softer than the base constituent.
- Inventors:
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- Clinton, TN
- Maryville, TN
- Kingston, TN
- Knoxville, TN
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 872338
- Patent Number(s):
- 5913256
- Assignee:
- Lockheed Martin Energy Systems, Inc. (Oak Ridge, TN)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B22 - CASTING B22F - WORKING METALLIC POWDER
F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F42 - AMMUNITION F42B - EXPLOSIVE CHARGES, e.g. FOR BLASTING, FIREWORKS, AMMUNITION
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-84OR21400
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- non-lead; environmentally; safe; projectiles; explosive; container; solid; controlled; frangibility; bullet; explosives; combining; metals; proportions; calculated; achieve; desired; density; lead; wetting; material; deposited; base; constituent; relative; dense; hard; enhances; wettability; binder; lighter; softer; non-lead environmentally; safe projectiles; proportions calculated; environmentally safe; base constituent; desired density; binder constituent; hard material; controlled frangibility; /75/102/
Citation Formats
Lowden, Richard A, McCoig, Thomas M, Dooley, Joseph B, and Smith, Cyrus M. Non-lead environmentally safe projectiles and explosive container. United States: N. p., 1999.
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Lowden, Richard A, McCoig, Thomas M, Dooley, Joseph B, & Smith, Cyrus M. Non-lead environmentally safe projectiles and explosive container. United States.
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"Non-lead environmentally safe projectiles and explosive container". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/872338.
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abstractNote = {A solid object having controlled frangibility, such as a bullet or a container for explosives, is made by combining two different metals in proportions calculated to achieve a desired density, without using lead. A wetting material is deposited on the base constituent which is made of a relative dense, hard material. The wetting material enhances the wettability of the base constituent with the binder constituent, which is lighter and softer than the base constituent.},
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