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A novel composite explosive comprised of conventional explosive material and a mixture of boron and at least one other metal is disclosed. The other metal must be capable of exothermically reacting with boron to produce intermetallic compound and an energy release of at least about 1.0 kcal/gm. In a

A novel composite explosive comprised of conventional explosive material and a mixture of boron and at least one other metal is disclosed. The other metal must be capable of exothermically reacting with boron to produce intermetallic compound and an energy release of at least about 1.0 kcal/gm. In a preferred embodiment of the composite explosive, pellets of a stoichiometric mixture of boron and titanium are mixed with cyclotetramethylenetetranitramine (HMX). By mixing the boron and at least one other metal which forms an intermetallic compound with boron in an exothermic reaction wherein the heat energy release is at least about 1.0 kcal/gm and adding a conventional explosive material to the mixture, there is an improved method of forming a mass of hot or molten particles in an environment when the conventional explosive is detonated.

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A composite explosive comprised of conventional explosive material and a mixture of boron and at least one other metal, the at least one other metal being a metal or metals which are capable of exothermically reacting with the boron to yield an intermetallic compound, the reaction of boron and the m

A composite explosive comprised of conventional explosive material and a mixture of boron and at least one other metal, the at least one other metal being a metal or metals which are capable of exothermically reacting with the boron to yield an intermetallic compound, the reaction of boron and the metal or metals being accompanied by a heat energy release of at least about 1.0 kcal/gm. A method of forming a mass of hot or molten particles in an environment, comprising: (a) mixing boron and at least one other metal which forms an intermetallic compound with boron in an exothermic reaction wherein the heat energy release is at least about 1.0 kcal/gm; (b) adding a conventional explosive material to the mixture of boron and at least one other metal; and, (c) detonating the conventional explosive with suitable detonating means, whereby the exothermic reaction of the mixture of boron and at least one other metal is initiated by the detonation of the conventional explosive material to form particles of hot intermetallic compound which are dissipated by the shock wave of the detonated conventional explosive.