Ammonium nitrate explosive

Claim 1

AN AMMONIA DYNAMITE EXPLOSIVE CAPABLE OF DETONATING WHEN INITIATED WITH A NUMBER 8 BLASTING CAP AND COMPOSED OF AMMONIA DYNAMITE INGREDIENTS INCLUDING AMMONIUM NITRATE, A SENSITIZER AND A CARBONACEOUS FUEL, IN WHICH THE AMMONIUM NITRATE HAS AN APPARENT DENSITY ABOVE ABOUT 0.90 AND A GRAIN SIZE SUCH THAT AT LEAST 75% PASSES A U. S. S. NO. 35 SCREEN AND AT LEAST ABOUT 15% PASSES A U. S. S. NO. 100 SCREEN, SAID AMMONIUM NITRATE BEING PRESENT IN AN AMOUNT BETWEEN ABOUT 50% AND ABOUT 90%; IN WHICH THE SUBSTANTIALLY SOLE SENSITIZER IS NO MORE THAN ABOUT 10% OF A MIXTURE OF OILY DINITROTOLUENE COMPRISING AT NITROTOLUENE, SAID TRINITROTOLUENE COMPRISING AT LEAST ABOUT 50% BY WEIGHT OF SAID MIXTURE AND SUFFICIENT OF SAID MIXTURE BEING PRESENT THAT SAID EXPLOSIVE CONTAINS AT LEAST 1% OF OILY DINITROTOLUENE; AND IN WHICH THE CARBONACEOUS FUEL HAS A GRAIN SIZE SUCH THAT AT LEAST ABOUT 99% PASSES A U.S.S. NO. 10 SCREEN AND NO MORE PASSES A U.S.S. NO. 100 SCREEN THAN WILL PROVIDE ABOUT 0.1% OF SAID EXPLOSIVE, SID CARBONACEOUS FUEL BE ING PRESENT IN AN AMOUNT BETWEEN ABOUT 2% AND ABOUT 12%.