| US 7,547,345 B2 | ||
| High performance powdered metal mixtures for shaped charge liners | ||
| David J. Leidel, Arlington, Tex. (US); and James Phillip Lawson, Mansfield, Tex. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, Tex. (US) | ||
| Filed on Feb. 22, 2002, as Appl. No. 10/80,785. | ||
| Application 10/080785 is a continuation of application No. 09/499174, filed on Feb. 07, 2000, abandoned. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2002/0112564 A1, Aug. 22, 2002 | ||
| Int. Cl. B22F 3/11 (2006.01); C22C 1/08 (2006.01); F42B 1/032 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 75—246 [102/306; 102/307; 102/476] | 16 Claims |
| 9. A shaped charge comprising:
a housing;
a quantity of high explosive inserted into said housing; and
a liner inserted into said housing so that said high explosive is positioned between said liner and said housing, said liner
compressively formed from a mixture of powdered tungsten and powdered metal binder, the mixture including approximately 92
to 99 percent by weight of the tungsten and approximately 8 to 1 percent by weight of the binder, the binder comprising lead,
molybdenum and tantalum, the mixture compressively formed into a substantially conically shaped rigid body.
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