Solid sensitizers for water-in-oil emulsion explosives
US4453989A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 5, 1982 |
| Grant date | Jun 12, 1984 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 5, 2002 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S149/114
- WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A water-in-oil emulsion explosive composition comprising a carbonaceous fuel, and inorganic oxidizer, an emulsifier, and a sensitizing/densifying agent of finely divided non-explosive material of high density, such as ferrophosphorus, ferrosilicon, ferromanganese, sand or alumia which is added to the oil phase. The water-in-oil composition can also contain other components, such as bulking agents, additional fuels and auxiliary sensitizers. The sensitized compositions can be detonated with a No. 6 cap in diameters as low as 2.54 centimeters at temperatures as low as 5.degree. F. and with densities as high as 1.50 g/cc.
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