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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:
Jan. 07, 1992
Filed:
Mar. 22, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gerald L Tucker, Yazoo City, MS (US);
Bobby P Barrington, Yazoo City, MS (US);
Assignee:
Mississippi Chemical Corporation, Yazoo City, MS (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C06B / ; C06B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
149-7 ; 149 45 ; 149 46 ;
Abstract
An explosive-grade ammonium nitrate product dimensionally stabilized with a hydratable internal additive in an amount from 0.05 to 2.0% (wt/wt), having a bulk density in the range from 0.80 to 0.96 gm/cm.sup.3, exhibiting a porosity such that the product will absorb and retain at least 5% (wt/wt) of a fuel oil, retaining a particulate (prill) hardness of at least 15 kg/cm.sup.2 and having a Caking Index of less than 1.4 kg/cm.sup.2.