GLASS MICROBUBBLE-CONTAINING SYNTACTIC FOAMS, EXPLOSIVES, AND METHOD OF MAKING

• Main Authors: ROBERT W. HUNTER, MADELINE P. SHINBACH, HARRY J. MARSHALL
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Spanish
• Published: 21.01.2008
• Subjects: CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF GLASSES, GLAZES, OR VITREOUSENAMELS; CHEMISTRY; EXPLOSIVES; EXPLOSIVES OR THERMIC COMPOSITIONS; GLASS; JOINING GLASS TO GLASS OR OTHER MATERIALS; MANUFACTURE THEREOF; MATCHES; METALLURGY; MINERAL OR SLAG WOOL; SURFACE TREATMENT OF FIBRES OR FILAMENTS MADE FROM GLASS,MINERALS OR SLAGS; SURFACE TREATMENT OF GLASS; USE OF SINGLE SUBSTANCES AS EXPLOSIVES

A syntactic foam and water-based explosive comprising glass microbubbles formed by heating feed having a size distribution with a span of less than 0.9 that are dispersed in a polymeric matrix or emulsion explosive. A method for making glass microbubbles, syntactic foam and water-based explosives is described. Una espuma sintactica y un explosivo de base acuosa comprenden microburbujas de vidrio formadas por calentamiento de una alimentacion con una distribucion de tamanos con una amplitud menor que 0.9 que se dispersan en una matriz polimerica o explosivo de emulsion. Se describe un metodo para elaborar microburbujas de vidrio, espuma sintactica y explosivos de base acuosa.