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Title: U.S. Patent 4,293,314: Gelled Fuel-Air Explosive
October 6, 1981.

Author: Bertram O. Stull

Release Date: July 22, 2008 [EBook #26106]

Language: English

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US Patent 4,293,314: Gelled Fuel-Air Explosive

United States Patent [19] [11] 4,293,314

Stull [45] Oct. 6, 1981

[54] GELLED FUEL-AIR EXPLOSIVE METHOD

[75] Inventor: Bertram O. Stull, Ridgecrest, Calif.

[73] Assignee: The United States of America as
represented by the Secretary of the
Navy, Washington, D.C.

[21] Appl. No.: 111,453

[22] Filed: Jan. 11, 1980

[51] Int. Cl.^3 ................................ C10L 7/00

[52] U.S. Cl. ............................ 44/7 A; 44/7 R;
44/7 D; 102/90; 102/363

[58] Field of Search ................ 102/90; 44/7 R, 7 E,
44/7 D, 7 A

[56] References Cited

U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS

3,539,311 11/1970 Cohen et al. ............. 44/7 A
3,634,157 1/1972 Batson ................... 44/7 E
3,685,453 8/1972 Hawrick .................. 102/90
3,730,093 5/1973 Cummings ................. 102/90
3,795,556 3/1974 Sippel et al. ............ 44/7 E
3,955,509 3/1976 Carlsen .................. 102/90
3,994,696 11/1976 Adicoff .................. 44/7 A
4,157,928 6/1979 Falterman et al. ......... 102/90

_Primary Examiner_--Edward A. Miller

_Attorney, Agent, or Firm_--R. S. Sciascia; W. Thom
Skeer; Lloyd E. K. Pohl

[57] ABSTRACT

1,2-Butylene oxide as a fuel for a fuel air explosive
weapon. The oxide may be used either as a pu