Explosive-containing porous materials as non-detonable training aid
AssigneeXplosafe, LLC
InventorsAllen W. Apblett, Nicholas F. Materer, Shoaib Shaikh
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Abstract
A training aid for use in training canines to detect an explosive material includes an explosive material adsorbed in the pores of a high surface area mesoporous or nanoporous host material. By adjusting the surfaces of the pores of the substrate material, the substrate can accommodate various types of explosive materials in a non-detonable and non-flammable manner, including nitroaromatics, nitroamines, nitrate-based explosives, and peroxide-based explosives. When the training aid is in an unsealed condition, a continuous flux of explosive material is released without providing any explosive or flame hazard to the trainer and canine.
Claims20
An explosive material vapor source for use in training and as a reference, the explosive material vapor source comprising:
- a first amount of an explosive material;
- and
- an inorganic mesoporous non-volatile substrate including pores sized to accommodate the first amount of the explosive material, so that when loaded with the first amount of the explosive material, the explosive material vapor source is non-detonable and emits a detectable vapor at a flux that is at least equal to that of the flux of vapor emitted by the explosive material not loaded onto said substrate.
A training aid comprising:
- an inorganic mesoporous substrate material;
- and
- an explosive material loaded onto the surface of the pores of the inorganic mesoporous substrate material;
- wherein said explosive material is non-detonable and non-flammable and emits a detectable vapor at a flux that is at least equal to that of the flux of vapor emitted by a second greater detonable amount of the explosive material not loaded onto said substrate.
A non-detonable composition comprising
- an explosive material;
- and
- an inorganic mesoporous non-volatile substrate into the pores of which said explosive material has been loaded, thereby rendering said explosive material non-detonable by impact force, flame, friction, or exposure to temperature above the thermal decomposition temperature of said explosive material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.