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US 7,404,867 B2Granted
Infrared decoy flare composition
AssigneeDiehl Bgt Defence GmbH & Co. KG
InventorErnst-Christian Koch
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Abstract
An infrared decoy flare composition for generating infrared radiation, including a fuel, an oxidizing agent and a binder, wherein the decoy flare composition contains no metals or metal-containing compounds and no halogens or halogen-containing compounds. Such an infrared decoy flare composition can be particularly advantageously used in aerial infrared decoy flares for civil aircraft.
Claims12
An infrared decoy flare composition comprising:
- a fuel, an oxidizing agent and a binder, wherein the infrared decoy flare composition generates infrared radiation and contains no metals or metal-containing compounds and no halogens or halogen-containing compounds, said fuel is selected from the group consisting of hexacyanobenzene and nitrated cyanobenzenes.
An infrared decoy flare composition comprising:
- 35% by weight hexacyanobenzene, 60% by weight hexanitroethane and 5% by weight polynitropolyphenylene, wherein the infrared decoy flare composition generates infrared radiation, has emissions between 3 and 5 μm and 2 and 3 μm and contains no metals or metal-containing compounds and no halogens or halogen-containing compounds.
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