Combustible compositions for generating aerosols particularly suitable for cloud modification and weather control and aerosolization process

Abstract

Abstract A COMBUSTIBLE COMPOSTION FOR GENERATING AEROSOLS FOR THE CONTROLL AND MODIFICATION OF WEATHER CONDITIONS CONSISTING OF A READILY OXIDIZABLE SUBSTANCE SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF ALUMINUM, MAGNESIUM, ALKALIMETALS AND ALKALINE EARTH METALS; AN OXIDIZING AGENT SELECTED FROM THE GROUPS CONSISTING OF: (A) SULPHUR AND SUPHUR YIELDING COMPOUNDS; AND (B) ORGANIC AND INORGANIC NITRATES, ALKALI-METHAL AND AMMONIUM CHLORATES AND PERCHLORATES; THE MOLAR RATIO OF THE OXIDIZABLE SUBSTANCE TO THE OXIDIZING AGENT BEING BETWEEN 1.5:1 AND 3.5:1 AND A STABLE HYGROSCOPIC SOLID WHICH DOES NOT DIRECTLY PARTICIPATE IN THE COMBUSTION PROCESS OF THE COMBUSTIBLE COMPOSITION, SAID HYGROSPOPIC SOLID BEING PRESENT IN AN AMOUNT UP TO 40% OF THE TOTAL WEIGHT OF THE COMBUSTIBLE COMPOSITION, THE OXIDIZABLE SUBSTANCE, THE OXIDIZING AGENT AND THE HYGROSOPIC SUBSTANCE HAVING A PARTICLE SIZE IN THE RANGE OF FROM - 140 TO +170 MESH, AND A PRIMER INITIATING THE COMBUSTION OF SAID COMPOSITION WHEREBY DURING COMBUSTION, A FINELY DISPERSED AEROSOL SMOKE CONSISTING OF MODERATELY HYGROSOPIC CONDENSATION NUCLEI, AND A NONHYGROSCOPIC GAS ARE SIMULTANEOUSLY EVOLVED, SAID GAS ACTING TO DISPERSE SAID NUCLEI.

Inventors

• 👤 Henry M Papee
• 👤 Alberto C Montefinale
• 👤 Gianna L Petriconi
• 👤 Tadeusz W Zawidzki

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