Use of zinc peroxide as oxidant for explosives and pyrotechnical mixtures

US4363679A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Dynamit Nobel GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Rainer Hagel · Erlangen, DE
• Klaus Redecker · Nuremberg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 17, 1980
• Grant date: Dec 14, 1982
• Expiry date: Dec 17, 2000

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C06B43/00
• WIPO field: Basic materials chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A process for promoting the oxidation of an explosive-containing mixture or a pyrotechnical mixture involves utilizing zinc peroxide as the sole or predominant oxidant in the mixture. Preferably the zinc peroxide has an available oxygen content of more than 12.3% by weight.