Donor free radical explosive composition
OwnerFranklin E. Walker, Richard J. Wasleyinventors
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Abstract
An improved explosive composition is disclosed and comprises a major portion of an explosive having a detonation velocity between about 1500 and 10,000 meters per second and a minor amount of a donor additive comprising an organic compound or mixture of organic compounds capable of releasing low molecular weight free radicals or ions under mechanical or electrical shock conditions and which is not an explosive, or an inorganic compound or mixture of inorganic compounds capable of releasing low molecular weight free radicals or ions under mechanical or electrical shock conditions and selected from ammonium or alkali metal persulfates.
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A composition of matter comprising:
- (1) a major portion of a metastable explosive capable of being detonated by a mechanical, thermal or electrical shock and having a detonation velocity from 1,500 to 10,000 meters per second, and
- (2) from 0.01 to 20 weight percent of a donor additive, or combination of donor additives, which is (i) capable of releasing low molecular weight free radicals or ions having a molecular weight between 1 and 200 during the initiation of said explosive, (ii) not an explosive, and (iii) is selected from the group consisting of C.sub.2 to C.sub.12 tetraalkyl phosphonium nitrates, C.sub.4 to C.sub.14 organic peroxides, C.sub.1 to C.sub.10 hydrocarbyl amines, C.sub.4 to C.sub.12 organic persulfates, C.sub.1 to C.sub.20 organic boron compounds, C.sub.1 to C.sub.7 hydrocarbyl aldehydes, C.sub.2 to C.sub.16 organic azo compounds, C.sub.1 to C.sub.10 hydrocarbyl monohalides, C.sub.6 to C.sub.10 quinones, C.sub.6 to C.sub.16 hydroquinones, ammonium persulfate, alkali metal persulfate and mixtures thereof.
A composition of matter comprising a major portion of a metastable explosive capable of being detonated by a mechanical, electrical or thermal shock and having a detonation velocity of 1,500 to 10,000 meters per second and from 0.01 to 20 weight percent of tetramethyl ammonium triborohydride.
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