Patent ID: 8168016
Filing Date: 2012-05-01
Classification: C06B

Abstract:
1. An explosive composition consisting essentially of: an explosive component containing seventy-seven weight percent (77 wt %) of the explosive composition, said explosive component selected from the group consisting of: CL-20, HMX, RDX, HNS, TATB, PETN, TNT, ONAN, nitramines, nitrate esters, nitrated aromatics, melt phase explosives, and combinations thereof; a binder system component containing three and two-tenths weight percent (3.2 wt. %) of the explosive composition, said binder component selected from the group consisting of: cellulose acetate butyrate, a fluoroelastomer, ethyl vinyl acetate, a polyisobutylene polymer, a nylon, a thermoplastic polyester elastomer, a polyacrylate elastomer, a thermoplastic polyurethane, a polyvinyl chloride, a polyether block amide and combinations thereof; and an energetic plasticizer component containing four and eight-tenths weight percent (4.8 wt. %) of the explosive composition, said plasticizer component selected from the group consisting of bis-dinitropropyl acetyl and bis-dinitropropyl formal (BDNPA/F), isodecyl pelargonate (IDP), dioctyl adipate (DOA) dioctyl sebecate (DOS), a glycidyl azide polymer (GAP), and combinations thereof; a particulate metal component containing fifteen weight percent (15 wt. %) of the explosive composition, said particulate metal component selected from the group consisting of aluminum, boron, magnesium and combinations thereof, wherein the size of all the said particulate metal component is less than ten microns (10 μm) in diameter.