Detonating energy transmittal device
AssigneeAngus Chemical Company
InventorsRobert E. Kass, Robert J. Frederick, Louis L. Hallock
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Abstract
A detonating energy transmittal device is provided which, when combined with even relatively low-power blasting caps, is capable of promoting and initiating the explosive detonation of liquid nitromethane, which device comprises a plurality of layers of foam material, an effective amount of frangible articles carried on at least one surface of the foam material layers and forming thereon a substantially continuous layer intermediate the adjacent foam material layer, and a cavity capable of accommodating a blasting cap and of placing said blasting cap in intimate contact with said plurality of foam material layers. Methods for detonating fluid explosives also are provided.
Claims21
A DET device which comprises, in combination, a plurality of layers of superposed foam material, frangible articles adhesively carried on at least one surface of said foam material layers and forming thereon a substantially continuous layer, and a substantially centrally oriented cavity capable of snugly accommodating a blasting cap, the dimensions and number of said foam and frangible article layers being coordinated such that said DET device, when combined with a blasting cap of lower power than that of a No. 6 cap, is capable of detonating liquid nitromethane.
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