Explosive device comprising an explosive material having controlled explosive properties

Patent · Tue Jun 14 00:00:00 EDT 2022

OSTI ID:1893031

Forrest, Eric Christopher; Knepper, Robert; Tappan, Alexander S.; Marquez, Michael P.

An explosive device is described herein, wherein the explosive device includes a substrate that has a surface, wherein surface energy of a portion of the surface of the substrate has been modified in a vacuum chamber from a first surface energy to a second surface energy. The explosive device additionally includes explosive material that has been deposited on the surface of the substrate in the vacuum chamber by way of physical vapor deposition (PVD), wherein the explosive material is deposited on the portion of the surface of the substrate subsequent to the surface energy of the portion of the surface of the substrate being modified from the first surface energy to the second surface energy.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
• DOE Contract Number: NA0003525
• Assignee: National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC (Albuquerque, NM)
• Patent Number(s): 11,358,910
• Application Number: 16/186,946
• OSTI ID: 1893031
• Resource Relation: Patent File Date: 11/12/2018
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English