Method for manufacturing an ice projectile
AssigneeCommissariat A L'energie Atomique Et Aux Energies Alternatives
InventorFrédérik GUYON
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method for producing an ice projectile. The method comprises the steps of: providing a quantity of water; providing a quantity of alcohol corresponding to at least 5 wt.-% of the quantity of water; mixing the quantity of water with the quantity of alcohol; transferring the mixture to means for cooling and solidifying the mixture to form a piece of ice; cooling the mixture in the cooling and solidifying means to a mixture-solidification temperature in order to produce at least one piece of ice; and launching the or each piece of ice at a target using launching means.
Claims20
A method for manufacturing and using an ice projectile wherein it comprises the steps of:
- providing an amount of water;
- providing an amount of alcohol corresponding to at least 5 weight % of the amount of water;
- mixing the amount of water and the amount of alcohol;
- transferring the mixture to means for cooling and solidifying the mixture into a block of ice;
- cooling the mixture in the means for cooling and solidifying the mixture into a block of ice, down to a solidification temperature of the mixture, in order to obtain at least one block of ice,
- projecting the, or each, block of ice on a target, by projection means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.