Deuteride Explosive Mixture with Red Phosphorus Catalyst
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Solution Overview
Problem
Secondary explosives used in mining and quarrying operations are insensitive to shock, requiring an explosive booster and posing safety concerns due to their inherent safety characteristics.
Innovation Solution
A new explosive mixture comprising a powdered deuteride of an alkaline earth metal or alkali metal mixed with a catalytic mixture of red phosphorus powder and a powdered transition metal from Period 4 or Period 5 of the Periodic table, which is compressible to produce a strong explosion.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If secondary explosives are used in mining and quarrying operations, then they provide inherent safety, but they require an explosive booster and pose safety concerns due to insensitivity to shock
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines a deuteride explosive compound with a catalytic mixture containing red phosphorus and transition metal powder to create a self-activating explosive system. The catalytic mixture enables the deuteride to initiate combustion without requiring external shock or booster explosives, merging the safety benefits of insensitive secondary explosives with the ease of operation of shock-sensitive explosives.
Solution Approach 2:
The catalytic mixture acts as an intermediary substance that facilitates the decomposition of deuteride. The transition metal catalyst promotes the release of deuterium gas and heat generation, enabling the explosive reaction to proceed without direct shock initiation while maintaining inherent safety characteristics.
2Power
If a deuteride explosive compound is used, then it provides powerful explosive energy, but it requires a catalytic mixture to initiate combustion without shock
Solution Approach 1:
The explosive mixture is designed to be self-activating through the catalytic decomposition of deuteride. The transition metal catalyst in the mixture promotes spontaneous decomposition at moderate temperatures, eliminating the need for external shock or booster explosives and simplifying the initiation process while maintaining high explosive power.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the initiation parameter from mechanical shock to thermal activation. By using a catalytic mixture that lowers the activation energy barrier for deuteride decomposition, the system can be initiated through moderate heating rather than requiring high-energy shock waves or booster explosives.
3Power
If the explosive mixture is compressed to produce a strong explosion, then it achieves powerful detonation, but the compression process requires significant force
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces mechanical compression with thermal activation. Instead of requiring high compressive forces to initiate the explosive reaction, the catalytic mixture enables decomposition through moderate heating, substituting the mechanical initiation system with a thermal one that generates the same explosive outcome with less force requirements.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The explosive mixture is capable of producing a powerful explosion, with explosive residue and intense phosphine gas odor, effectively addressing the insensitivity of secondary explosives to shock and providing a safe and inexpensive production method.
Implementation Method 1
a powdered deuteride of an alkaline earth metal or alkali metal mixed with a catalytic mixture, wherein said catalytic mixture comprises red phosphorous powder and a powdered transition metal from Period 4 or Period 5 of the Periodic table
Implementation Method 2
The invention provides a process for making a powerful explosion by compressing the mixture comprising the deuteride mixed with the catalytic mixture
Implementation Method 3
with explosive residue and intense phosphine gas odor
Data Source
AI summary
An explosive mixture compositionally comprises a powdered deuteride of an alkaline earth metal or alkali metal mixed with a catalytic mixture, wherein said catalytic mixture comprises red phosphorous powder and a transition metal powder from Period 4 or Period 5 of the Periodic table.