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US 5,958,299 AGranted
Explosive simulants for testing explosive detection systems
AssigneeThe Regents of the University of California
InventorsJohn W. Kury, Brian L. Anderson
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Abstract
Explosives simulants that include non-explosive components are disclosed that facilitate testing of equipment designed to remotely detect explosives. The simulants are non-explosive, non-hazardous materials that can be safely handled without any significant precautions. The simulants imitate real explosives in terms of mass density, effective atomic number, x-ray transmission properties, and physical form, including moldable plastics and emulsions/gels.
Claims17
An explosive simulant for testing explosive detection systems, comprising:
- a non-detonable, non-explosive mixture of a plurality of non-explosive compounds having no explosive compounds, wherein the components are selected such that the mixture has a physical form, mass density, x-ray transmission properties, and an effective atomic number that substantially matches the physical form, mass density, x-ray transmission properties, and effective atomic number of a selected explosive compound to be simulated.
A process for making an explosive simulant, comprising:
- forming a non-detonable, non-explosive mixture of a plurality of non-explosive compounds having no explosive compounds, wherein the components are selected such that the mixture has a physical form, mass density, x-ray transmission properties, and an effective atomic number that substantially matches the physical form, mass density, x-ray transmission properties, and effective atomic number of a selected explosive compound to be simulated.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.