Pulverulent and water bearing explosive and process of producing the same
Abstract
Abstract A PULVERULENT OR WATER BEARING EXPLOSIVE MIXTURE AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME COMPRISING MIXING 0 TO 20% BY WEIGHT OF WATER, 3 TO 6% BY WEIGHT OF LIQUID HYDROCARBONS, 50 TO 97% BY WEIGHT OF MIXED CRYSTALS PRODUCED BY CO-CRYSTALLIZATION OF AMMONIUM NITRATE AND POTASSIUM SALTS, IN A PREFERRED RATIO BY WEIGHT OF 20/1 TO 4/1, THE MIXED CRYSTALS HAVING A CRYSTAL FORM THAT IS ISOMORPHOUS WITH THE MONOCLINIC CRYSTAL FORM AN AMMONIUM NITRATE III, THE MIXED CRYSTALS HAVING A LOWER TEMPERATURE OF CRYSTAL FORM TRANSITION THAN 32.2*C., WHICH IS THE NORMAL LOWER TEMPERATURE OF TRANSITION OF PURE AMMONIUM NITRATE III, THE MIXED CRYSTALS BEING CRYSTALLIZED BETWEEN 100 AND 20*C. IN THE PRESENCE OF SALTS OF PRIMARY AMINO ALKANES, IN THE PREFERRED AMOUNT OF 0.2 TO 1.5% BY WEIGHT, HAVING CHAIN LENGTHS RANGING FROM C8 TO C18, AND THE MIXED CRYSTALS HAVING A LIPOPHILIC SURFACE CHARACTERISTIC, STABLE AT TEMPERATURES BELOW 32.2*C., ESPECIALLY BETWEEN -20 AND +20*C.
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- 👤 Marcel Vercauteren
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