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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 1986
Filed:
Apr. 05, 1984
Applicant:
Inventor:
Harvey A Jessop, Lehi, UT (US);
Assignee:
IRECO Incorporated, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C06B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
149 20 ; 149 38 ; 149 39 ; 149 43 ; 149 44 ; 149 46 ; 149 47 ; 149 48 ; 149 49 ; 149 50 ; 149 55 ; 149 56 ; 149 57 ; 149 61 ; 149 85 ; 149 92 ; 149 93 ; 149 94 ; 149 99 ; 149100 ; 149105 ;
Abstract
The invention relates to a cast explosive composition having a relatively high density and energy and a critical diameter no larger than about 150 mm at a temperature of 5.degree. C. The composition comprises inorganic oxidizer salt consisting primarily of ammonium nitrate, a water-immiscible organic liquid fuel, less than about 5% water, a sensitizer and an emulsifier which allows formation of a water-in-oil emulsion at an elevated formulation temperature but which also allows the emulsion to weaken and the inorganic oxidizer salt to crystallize at lower or ambient temperatures to produce a cast composition.