Action 2 support documents
We are emphasizing the names of metals, elements and other substances in BOLD
Chaff and flairs
Air Force Link - Environment
"Chaff and flares are defensive counter measures used on aircraft to confuse radar and heat seeking missiles. Chaff is used as a decoy for radar seeking missiles and is made of glass silicate fibers with an aluminum coating. The fibers are approximately 60% glass fiber and 40% aluminum by weight, The typical Air Force RR-188 chaff bundle contains about 150g of chaff or about 5 million fibers. The fibers are 25 microns in diameter and typically 1 to 2 cm in length. In 1997, the Air force used about 1.8 million bundles worldwide."
"Flares are of two types: decoy flares that protect aircraft from infrared missiles, and ground illumination flares. Decoy flares are typically made of magnesium that burns white-got and are designed to defeat a missile’s infrared (IR) tracking capability."
Patent # 3,899,144 (1975)
Powder contrail generation
Abstract: Light scattering pigment powder particles, surface treated to minimize inparticle cohesive forces, are dispensed from a jet mill deagglomerator as separate single particles to produce a powder contrail (patent’s emphasis) having maximum visibility or radiation scattering ability for a given weight material.
Claim #8 Apparatus as in claim 1 wherein the formulation of said powder consists of 85% by weight (titanium dioxide) TiO.sub.2 pigment of approximately 0.3 micron media particle size, 10% by weight of (hydrophobic) colloidal silica of 0.007 micron primary particle size, and 5% by weight of silica gel having an average particle size of 4.5 microns.
Patent RE29,142 (1977)
Combustible compositions for generating aerosols, particularly suitable for cloud modification and weather control and aerosolization
Abstract: A combustible composition for generating aerosols for the control and modification of weather conditions consisting of a readily oxidizable substance selected from the group consisting of aluminum, magnesium, alkali-metals and alkaline earth metals; an oxidizing agent selected from the groups consisting of: (a) sulphur and sulphur yielding compounds; and (b) organic and inorganic nitrates, alkali-metal and ammonium chlorates and perchlorates; The molar ratio of the oxidizable substance to the oxidizing agent being between 1.5:1 and 3.5:1 and a stable hygroscopic solid which does not directly participate in the combustion process of the combustible composition, said hygroscopic solid being present in an amount up to 40% of the total weight of the combustible composition, the oxidizable substance, the oxidizing agent and the hygroscopic substance having a particle size in the range of from -140 to +270 mesh, and a primer initiating the combustion of said composition whereby during combustion, a finely dispersed aerosol smoke consisting of moderately hygroscopic condensation nuclei, and a non-hygroscopic gas are simultaneously evolved, said gas acting to disperse said nuclei.
Patent #5,003,186 (1991)
Stratospheric Welsbach seeding for reduction of global warming
Abstract: A method is described for reducing atmospheric or global warming resulting from the presence of heat-trapping gases in the atmosphere, i.e., from the greenhouse effect. Such gases are relatively transparent to sunshine, but absorb strongly the long-wavelength infrared radiation released by the earth. The method includes the step of seeding the layer of heat-trapping gases in the atmosphere with particles of materials characterized by wavelength-dependent emissivity. Such materials include Welsbach materials and the oxides of metals which have high emissivity (and thus low reflectivities) in the visible and 8-12 micron infrared wavelength regions.
... It is presently believed that (aluminum oxide) particle sizes in the ten to one hundred micron range would be suitable for the seeding purposes. Larger particles would tend to settle to earth more quickly.
[particle examples: thorium oxide and aluminum oxide, Welsbach materials or Welsbach-like materials]
Patent #5,360,162 (1994)
Method and composition for precipitation of atmospheric water
Abstract: A method for precipitating atmospheric water by means of multicomponent aerosols, including iodide based complex multicomponent aerosol compositions. The compositions comprise a solid mass formed by a compacted mixture of silver iodide and the iodides, iodates, and periodates of alkali metals, lead, copper, barium; ammonia, barium chromate, and selected oxidizers such as ammonium perchlorate, and fuels such as poly-p-phenylene, phenol formaldehyde resin, epoxide resin, and shellac and mixtures thereof. The compositions, upon burning, produce an aerosol effective to promote atmospheric water precipitation.
Dane Wigington (in California) has done a lot of research regarding water samples.
His phone number 530-945-1853.
If you know of other relevant patents please send them, with the "abstract" and a list of the metals, elements and/or substances key to our interests.
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