Explosive slurry containing an agglom-erate of an inorganic nitrate oxidizer and a fuel and method of making

Claim 2

AN EXPLOSIVE SLURRY CHARACTERIZED BY A HIGH SENSITIVITY COMPRISING AN AGGLOMERATE OF AN INORGANIC NITRATE OXIDIZER AND A FUEL IN PARTICULATE FORM, THE FUEL SELECTED FROM THE MIXTURES OF CARBONACEOUS FUELS AND METAL FUELS BEING PRESENT IN AN AMOUNT OF AT LEAST 75, OF THE AMOUNT REQUIRED TO OXYGEN-BALANCE THE INORGANIC NITRATE, AND A FLUID SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF WATER, OIL, AND MIXTURES OF WATER AND OIL IN AN AMOUNT IN THE RANGE FROM ABOUT 7 TO ABOUT 50% BY WEIGHT OF THE SLURRY SUFFICIENT TO SUSPEND THE SAID PARTICLES AND FORM A SLURRY.

Claim 3

A PROCESS FOR PREPARING AN EXPLOSIVE SLURRY, COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, FORMING A MELT COMPRISING AN INORGANIC NITRATE BLENDING THEREWITH A FUEL SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF CARBONACEOUS FUELS, METAL FUELS, AND MIXTURES OF CARBONACEOUS FUELS AND METAL FUELS IN AN AMOUNT OF AT LEAT 75% OF THE AMOUNT REQUIRED TO OXYGEN-BALANCE THE INORGANIC NITRATE, FORMING THE RESULTING BLEND INTO PARTICLES, AND MIXING THE PARTICLES WITH A FLUID SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF WATER, OIL AND MIXTURES OF WATER AND OIL IN AN AMOUNT SUFFICIENT TO SUSPEND THE PARTICLES AND FORM A SLURRY.

Claim 4

A PROCESS FOR PREPARING AN EXPLOSIVE SLURRY, COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, FORMING A MELT COMPRISING AN INORGANIC NITRATE BLENDING THEREWITH A FUEL SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF CARBONACEOUS FUELS, METAL FUELS, AND MIXTURES OF CARBONACEOUS FUELS AND METAL FUELS IN AN AMOUNT OF AT LEAT 75% OF THE AMOUNT REQUIRED TO OXYGEN-BALANCE THE INORGANIC NITRATE, FORMING THE RESULTING BLEND INTO PARTICLES, AND MIXING THE PARTICLES WITH A FLUID SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF WATER, OIL AND MIXTURES OF WATER AND OIL IN AN AMOUNT SUFFICIENT TO SUSPEND THE PARTICLES AND FORM A SLURRY.