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Method for fabricating non-detonable explosive simulants

US5413812A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 1, 1994
Grant dateMay 9, 1995
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Expiry dateApr 1, 2014

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  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF42B8/00
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A simulator which is chemically equivalent to an explosive, but is not detonable. The simulator has particular use in the training of explosives detecting dogs and calibrating sensitive analytical instruments. The explosive simulants may be fabricated by different techniques, a first involves the use of standard slurry coatings to produce a material with a very high binder to explosive ratio without masking the explosive vapor, and the second involves coating inert beads with thin layers of explosive molecules.

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