Patent ID: 9133071
Filing Date: 2015-09-15
Classification: C06B,C06C

Abstract:
1. An active composition for a decoy which radiates spectrally as the active composition burns up, including radiation emitted during combustion of the active composition in a wavelength range from 3.7 to 5.1 μm which is stronger by a factor of at least 15 than the radiation emitted during combustion of the active composition in the wavelength range from 1.9 to 2.3 μm, the active composition comprising: a fuel, containing at least one compound selected from the group consisting of a nitrate ester and a nitrosamine, and having carbon atoms and hydrogen atoms; ammonium perchlorate as an oxidizer, an amount of said ammonium perchlorate being such that it is not sufficient for complete oxidation of said fuel; and the active composition containing either said nitrate ester in a form of a polymeric solid, or a binder, not more than 5 of said carbon atoms in said fuel being joined to one another by direct bonding, and the active composition containing substantially no carbon source containing elemental carbon and, apart from an optional catalyst, substantially no substances containing atoms other than carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, sulphur, chlorine and bromine.