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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2012
Applicant:
Orica International Pte Ltd, Singapore, SG;
Inventors:
John Cooper, Ayr, GB;
Ian John Kirby, Ayr, GB;
Richard Goodridge, Parker, CO (US);
Vladimir Sujansky, East Burwood, AU;
Simon James Ferguson, Redhead, AU;
Assignee:
ORICA INTERNATIONAL PTE LTD, Singapore, SG;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C06B 45/00 (2006.01); C06B 23/00 (2006.01); C06B 31/28 (2006.01); F42D 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C06B 45/00 (2013.01); C06B 23/003 (2013.01); C06B 23/004 (2013.01); C06B 31/28 (2013.01); C06B 31/285 (2013.01); F42D 1/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
An explosive composition comprising a liquid energetic material and sensitizing voids, wherein the sensitizing voids are present in the liquid energetic material with a non-random distribution, wherein the liquid energetic material comprises (a) regions in which the sensitizing voids are sufficiently concentrated to render those regions detonable and (b) regions in which the sensitizing voids are not so concentrated and wherein the explosive composition does not contain ammonium nitrate prill.