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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 1984
Filed:
Oct. 24, 1983
Applicant:
Inventors:
Earl D York, Englewood, CO (US);
Darrell D Porter, Englewood, CO (US);
Assignees:
Standard Oil Company (Indiana), Chicago, IL (US);
Gulf Oil Corp., Chicago, IL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C06B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
149 21 ; 149-2 ; 149 46 ; 149112 ; 149115 ;
Abstract
Ammonium nitrate shale oil explosives are provided which are effective, powerful, inexpensive, and safe. The explosives contain about 2% to 10% by weight shale oil and about 90% to 98% by weight ammonium nitrate. The shale oil can be whole shale oil or heavy shale oil containing from 0.1% to 65% by weight oil shale dust. The ammonium nitrate is preferably in the form of explosive grade ammonium nitrate prills.