Method for manufacture of amorphous energetics
AssigneeThe United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
InventorsVictor Stepanov, Rajen B. Patel, Alexander J. Paraskos, Hongwei Qiu
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Abstract
A method for the manufacture of stable amorphous secondary explosives and combinations thereof—wherein the stability is enhanced with the addition of a polymeric additives and can be further enhanced with mechanical compression of the amorphous material.
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A method of manufacture of amorphous explosives comprising, dissolving at least one crystalline secondary high explosive material with a stabilizing polymer, in an organic solvent to obtain a solution, and spray drying the solution to obtain an amorphous explosive material wherein said amorphous explosive material consists of the amorphous high explosive material dispersed with the stabilizing polymer at the molecular level.
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