Accession Number:
ADD014935
Title:
Launching Projectiles with Hydrogen Gas Generated from Titanium-Water Reactions.
Descriptive Note:
Patent, Filed 6 Aug 90, patented 30 Apr 91,
Corporate Author:
DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY WASHINGTON DC
Personal Author(s):
Report Date:
1991-04-30
Pagination or Media Count:
8.0
Abstract:
A method of propelling a projectile from a device by applying a high power pulse of electrical current to a thin metal conductor wire causing the wire to explode and disperse hot spots of molten metal throughout a titanium fuelpowder water mixture which reacts to generate hydrogen gas at high pressure in a chamber. The hydrogen gas is used to push the projectile from the device.
Descriptors:
Subject Categories:
- Ammunition and Explosives