C - Chemistry – Metallurgy – 06 – B
Patent
C - Chemistry, Metallurgy
06
B
52/16
C06B 45/00 (2006.01) C06B 47/14 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 1262824
TITLE STABLE NITRATE/SLURRY EXPLOSIVES ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE Explosives that are sensitized blends of inorganic nitrate. e.g., AN, particles, such as AN or ANFO prills, and an aqueous slurry comprising a thickened aqueous solution of an inorganic oxidizing salt, preferably AN, are rendered storage-stable by keeping the slurry's water content low enough, and its viscosity high enough, that the slurry is water- retentive. Water immobilization in the slurry, a requirement for storage stability, is achieved despite the slurry's flowable consistency at the time of blending. A blend containing about 25% slurry or less is essentially in the form of a granular mass of free-flowing, high-density, slurry-bearing prills, and the slurry is sensitizable by the prills alone. As the slurry content exceeds about 25%, the blend takes on the characteristics of a thick slurry, requiring a supplemental sensitizer in the slurry per se. Slurries containing a nitrogen-base salt of an inorganic oxidizing acid, preferably monomethlamie nitrate, are preferred because this additive affords a saturated solution with lower water content, and also can act as a sensitizer.
503482
Honeyman Gordon Russell
Owen James Herman II
Bereskin & Parr
Eti Explosives
Honeyman Gordon Russell
Owen James Herman II
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