Water in oil explosive emulsions
US6951589B2 · kind B2 · utility
Assignee
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 23, 2001 |
| Grant date | Oct 4, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 23, 2021 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC06B47/145
- WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Water-in-oil emulsion explosive compositions comprising a) an aqueous oxidizer phase comprising at least one oxygen supplying component wherein said oxygen supplying component comprises at least 50% by weight of prilled agricultural grade ammonium nitrate, b) an organic phase, comprising at least one organic fuel and c) an emulsifying amount of an aliphatic hydrocarbyl group substituted succinic emulsifier composition, said succinic emulsifier composition having at least one of succinic ester groups, succinic amide groups, succinic imine groups, succinic ester-amide and succinimide groups, and mixtures thereof, wherein each of said groups is substituted with an aminoalkyl group, wherein the aliphatic hydrocarbon based group contains from about 18 up to about 500 carbon atoms.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.