Method of making spheroidal high explosive particles having microholes dispersed throughout
Abstract
Abstract CRYSTALLINE HIGH EXPLOSIVE ARE FORMED INTO FINELY-DIVIDED SPHEROIDAL PARTICLES BY MIXING SEPARATE STREAMS OF A SOLUTION OF THE EXPLOSIVE DISSOLVED IN SOLVENT WITH AN INERT NONSOLVENT SO AS TO OBTAIN NONLAMINAR FLOW OF THE STREAMS BY APPLYING PRESSURE AGAINST THE FLOW OF THE NONSOLVENT STREAM SO AS TO DIVERGE SAID STREAM AS IT CONTACTS THE SOLUTION OF EXPLOSIVE IN SOLVENT AND VIOLENTLY AGITATING THE COMBINED COMBINED STREAM TO RAPIDLY PRECIPITATE THE EXPLOSIVE FROM SOLUTION IN THE FORM OF SPHEROIDAL PARTICLES PERMEATED WITH MICROHOLES. THE RESULTING HIGH EXPLOSIVE CONSIST ESSENTIALLY OF SPHERIODAL PARTICLES, THE PARTICLES CONSIST OF AGGLOMERATED CRYSTALLITES THAT ARE SUBSTANTIALLY SPHERICAL. THE SPHEROIDAL PARTICLES HAVE MICROHOLES THAT HAVE AN AVERAGE DIAMETER OF ABOUT FROM 0.1-02 MICRON DISPERSED THROUGHOUT THE PARTICLES IN LARGE NUMBER.
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- 👤 C Forrest
- 👤 C Miller
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