Patent ID: 6875294

Claim:
A formulation comprising: a plurality of chemical reductant particles having a mass-weighted average of the smallest of the 3 orthogonal dimensions ranging from 0.01 μm to 1000 μm, wherein said plurality of chemical reductant particles is selected from the group consisting of Li, Be, B, LiH, LiBH 4 , BeH 2 , BeC 2 , CB 4 , carboranes, decaborane (B 10 H 14 ), TiB 2 , TaB 2 , MgB 2 and mixtures thereof; and a plurality of oxidizer particles having a mass-weighted average of the smallest of the 3 orthogonal dimensions ranging from 0.01 μm to 1000 μm, wherein said oxidizer is a classic explosive or a mixture of classic explosives; wherein said formulation has a total specific enthalpy-of-reaction greater than 1.98 Kcal/gram, as measured in a standard chemical calorimeter by standard physical chemistry techniques at a temperature of 298 Kelvin.