US Patent:
20130078466, Mar 28, 2013
Inventors:
Gregory M. Fritz - Pikesville MD, US
Robert Allen Knepper - Baltimore MD, US
Timothy P. Weihs - Baltimore MD, US
Alexander E. Gash - Brentwood CA, US
John S. Sze - Saratoga CA, US
International Classification:
B32B 1/08
B29C 41/00
Abstract:
An energetic composite having a plurality of reactive particles each having a reactive multilayer construction formed by successively depositing reactive layers on a rod-shaped substrate having a longitudinal axis, dividing the reactive-layer-deposited rod-shaped substrate into a plurality of substantially uniform longitudinal segments, and removing the rod-shaped substrate from the longitudinal segments, so that the reactive particles have a controlled, substantially uniform, cylindrically curved or otherwise rod-contoured geometry which facilitates handling and improves its packing fraction, while the reactant multilayer construction controls the stability, reactivity and energy density of the energetic composite.