Low energy fuse
US5048420A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 22, 1990 |
| Grant date | Sep 17, 1991 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 22, 2010 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC06C5/00
- WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
In the field of blasting, an improvement in means for transmitting an initiating signal (non-electrically) to an explosive device to remotely detonate same in accordance with a predetermined delay period of the type which comprises tubing in which there is provided a reactive chemical composition containing at least one fuel component and at least one oxidant in intimate admixture that is capable of propagating a combustion signal from one end of said tubing to the other, the improvement consisting in the use of barium peroxide (BaO.sub.2) as the oxidant.
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