Non-lead, environmentally safe projectiles and method of making same
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1. A lead-free weight prepared by cold pressing without sintering comprising:
- a metallic base constituent having a density higher than lead; and
a lead-free binder constituent made of a metallic phase and having sufficient malleability and ductility to bind together with the base constituent into a solid body of desired shape and frangibility when subject to a consolidation force, wherein the sizes of the base and binder constituents, before consolidation, are sufficiently large to allow for consolidation during cold pressing without subsequent sintering.
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Abstract
A projectile, such as a bullet, is made by combining two different metals in proportions calculated to achieve a desired density, without using lead. A base constituent, made of a material having density greater than lead, is combined with a binder constituent having less density. The binder constituent is malleable and ductile metallic phase material that forms projectile shapes when subjected to a consolidation force, such as compression. The metal constituents can be selected, rationed, and consolidated to achieve desired frangibility characteristics.
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1. A lead-free weight prepared by cold pressing without sintering comprising:
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a metallic base constituent having a density higher than lead; and a lead-free binder constituent made of a metallic phase and having sufficient malleability and ductility to bind together with the base constituent into a solid body of desired shape and frangibility when subject to a consolidation force, wherein the sizes of the base and binder constituents, before consolidation, are sufficiently large to allow for consolidation during cold pressing without subsequent sintering. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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- 11. A lead-free weight prepared by cold consolidation of a metallic base constituent having a density higher than lead with a metallic binder constituent having malleability and ductility, wherein said weight is prepared without heat sintering and, before said consolidation, said base and said binder constituents have sizes sufficiently large which allow for said consolidation without use of said sintering to achieve suitable frangibility.
- 14. A non-sintered lead-free weight comprising a metallic base phase having density higher than lead and a metallic binder phase having a density lower than lead, wherein said base phase is formed from a base powder having particle size sufficiently large so that heat sintering is not needed to prepare said weight.
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