Taggants with explosive induced magnetic susceptibility
AssigneeThe United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
InventorCarl Boyars
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Abstract
A color-coded taggant for the post-detonation identification of explosive material. Retrieval of the taggnt after detonation of an explosive is facilitated by the addition of nickel formate to the taggant. The additive renders the taggant magnetically susceptible only after detonation. This eliminates the possiblity of the unauthorized removal of the taggant by a magnet before detonation but retains the advantages of facile retrieval by means of a magnet subsequent to detonation.
Claims3
In a color-coded explosive taggant consisting essentially of a plurality of laminated layers of a resinous material in which each layer differs in color according to a sequence corresponding to a preconceived color code thereby enabling visual identification of said color-coded taggant, the improvement which comprises the addition of a minor amount of an explosion induced, magnetically susceptible, nickel formate to at least one of said laminated layers.
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