Non-detonable explosive simulators

Patent · Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1994

OSTI ID:869585

Simpson, Randall L ^[1]; Pruneda, Cesar O ^[1]

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1. Livermore, CA

A simulator which is chemically equivalent to an explosive, but is not detonable. The simulator has particular use in the training of explosives detecting dogs and calibrating sensitive analytical instruments. The explosive simulants may be fabricated by different techniques, a first involves the use of standard slurry coatings to produce a material with a very high binder to explosive ratio without masking the explosive vapor, and the second involves coating inert beads with thin layers of explosive molecules.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• Assignee: Regents of University of California (Oakland, CA)
• Patent Number(s): US 5359936
• OSTI ID: 869585
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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