Nobel Kemi Ab

Per Ericsson

Leif Svensson

Jan-Olof Nyqvist

Sigurd Back

Bertil Bergstrom

Nils-Ingvar Olsson

The disclosure relates to a method of initiating a crystal growth prior to filtering off, from the mother liquor in which they were produced, of such crystalline explosives of the type hexogen and octogen produced by the so-called Bachmann process or variations of this process. According to the invention, the mother liquor is, after the end of the chemical reaction proper, subjected to a pressure-heat treatment which initiates the partial dissolution of the crystalline explosives obtained in the process, giving rise, after cooling of the mother liquor, to larger crystals which may more readily be filtered off. According to a further improvement of the invention a relatively pure octogen may be extracted from the mother liquor by way of a thermo-filtering of said liquor at a temperature of 60.degree.-110.degree. C.

Method in the production of crystalline explosives

The disclosure primarily relates to a method of phlegmatizing crystalline or otherwise particulate explosive substances or compositions in which these are included, by first coating the discrete particles with a thin layer of oxazolin wax in order thereafter to carry out a conventional wet-granulation with a true phlegmatization agent or a binder agent, such as one of the wax types included under different explosive standards or a plastic composition. The invention also concerns products manufactured according to said method.

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Kungsangen, Sweden

Per Ericsson