Coated tablets and other fuel cores of exotic reactive fuels and method of making same

Claim 2

A PHARMACEUTICAL-SIZE TABLET HAVING A VOLUME OF ABOUT 1/1190 TO 8 CU. IN. COMPRISING A REACIVE HIGH ENERGY RELEASING FUEL CORE OF A FOAMED BORON MATRIX IMPREGNATED WITH LITHIUM HYDRIDE, AND AN OUTER CONTINUOUS COATING JACKETING SAID CORE, THE COATING BEING LESS REACTIVE WITH OXIDIZING MATERIALS THAN THE CORE AND HAVING A THICKNESS OF ABOUT 1/10 MIL TO 10 MILS.

Claim 3

A PROPELLANT CHARGE COMPRISING A BINDER, AN OXIDIZER, AND A PLURALITY OF THIN WALLED HOLLOW ELONGATED ORGANIC PLASTIC TUBES INTERWOVEN IN THE FORM OF A MESH FROM ABOUT 50 TUBES PER INCH TO ONE TUBE EVERY 2 INCHES, SAID PLASTIC TUBES BEING FILLED WITH A HIGH ENERGY DELIVERING FUEL CORE AND THE TUBES SO DIPERSED IN THE BINDER WITH THE OXIDIZER SO AS TO REINFORCE THE PROPELLANT CHARGE, THE CORE COMPRISING ABOUT 70 TO 90 PARTS BY WEIGHT OF ALUMINUM PARTICLES, 5 TO 15 PARTS OF LITHIUM HYDRIDE PARTICLES AND 10 TO 25 PARTS BY WEIGHT OF A LIGHIUM BINDER CONTAINING SAID ALUMINUM AND LITHIUM HYDRIDE PARTICLES DISPERSED THEREIN AND ENCASED THEREAROUND, THE THICKNESS OF THE WALLS OF SAID PLASTIC TUBE BEING ABOUT 1/2 TO 6 MILS.

Claim 4

A PROPELLANT CHARGE COMPRISING A BINDER, AN OXIDIZER, AND A PLURALITY OF THIN WALLED HOLLOW ELONGATED ORGANIC PLASTIC TUBES INTERWOVEN IN THE FORM OF A MESH FROM ABOUT 50 TUBES PER INCH TO ONE TUBE EVERY 2 INCHES, SAID PLASTIC TUBES BEING FILLED WITH A HIGH ENERGY DELIVERING FUEL CORE AND THE TUBES SO DIPERSED IN THE BINDER WITH THE OXIDIZER SO AS TO REINFORCE THE PROPELLANT CHARGE, THE CORE COMPRISING ABOUT 70 TO 90 PARTS BY WEIGHT OF ALUMINUM PARTICLES, 5 TO 15 PARTS OF LITHIUM HYDRIDE PARTICLES AND 10 TO 25 PARTS BY WEIGHT OF A LIGHIUM BINDER CONTAINING SAID ALUMINUM AND LITHIUM HYDRIDE PARTICLES DISPERSED THEREIN AND ENCASED THEREAROUND, THE THICKNESS OF THE WALLS OF SAID PLASTIC TUBE BEING ABOUT 1/2 TO 6 MILS.