Importance

Loading Importance Indicators...

Abstract

Embodiments relate to a liner for a shaped charge. The liner includes reactive particles, each having two reactive materials which together are capable of undergoing an exothermic and/or intermetallic reaction. Additionally, embodiments may include non-reactive particles, which typically have a higher density than the reactive particles. The reactive particles may be configured to produce an exothermic reaction upon detonation of the shaped charge. In some embodiments, one of the reactive materials may be coated onto a core of the other reactive material, to form the reactive particle. In other embodiments, each reactive particle may be formed as a conglomerate of the two reactive materials. Shaped charges having liners and methods of formation are also disclosed.

Loading the Abstract Image...

First Claim