Infrared tracer for ammunition
US5811724A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 9, 1997 |
| Grant date | Sep 22, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 9, 2017 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S149/116
- WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A pyrotechnic composition that emits essentially only infrared radiation upon combustion contains at least one peroxide component, an oxidizer that is more energetic than the peroxide component, a coolant, a binder and silicon. In one embodiment, the peroxide component is a mixture of strontium peroxide and barium peroxide, the oxidizer more energetic than the peroxide component is barium nitrate, the coolant is magnesium carbonate, the binder is calcium resonate and the silicon has a minimum purity of 99.9%. The pyrotechnic composition is useful as the combustible component of an infrared tracer.
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