High density pressure resistant invert blasting emulsions
US4555276A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 29, 1984 |
| Grant date | Nov 26, 1985 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 29, 2004 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S149/114
- WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A method of minimizing deep hole pressure effects on ammonium nitrate-containing blasting agents while optimizing booster sensitivity, detonation rate and detonation energy of such agents, by replacing density control component(s) with a sensitizer formulation comprising particulate aluminum and particulate smokeless powder; and a corresponding detonatable high density emulsion blasting agent utilizing such sensitizing formulation.
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