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Consolidated thermite compositions

  • US 5,650,590 A
  • Filed: 09/25/1995
  • Issued: 07/22/1997
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/25/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An improved heat generating themite composition suitable for use in an inflator for an airbag restraint system of a motor vehicle, said improved thermite composition comprising a hard consolidated shaped formulation of:

  • a) about 20 to about 30 weight percent of a powdered metal fuel,b) about 40 to about 70 weight percent of a powdered metal oxide oxidizer,c) about 5 to about 25% weight percent of an essentially non gas-producing, non hot particulate-producing binder, andd) about 2 to about 10 weight percent of a supplemental oxidizing agent, said hard consolidated shaped thermite formulation having an ignition temperature of less than about 2200°

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