Process for manufacturing gasentrained aqueous gel explosive
Abstract
Abstract A SENSITIVE GAS-ENTRAINED WATER GEL EXPLOSIVE IS MADE BY MIXING AT A LOCATION CONVENIENT TO THE BLASTING SITE A CONCENTRATED AQUEOUS SOLUTION OF AMMONIUM NITRATE, NITRIC ACID, SODIUM NITRATE AND HEXAMETHYLENETETRAMINE AND A MINOR AMOUNT OF A THICKENING AGENT SUCH AS GUAR GUM, ALLOWING SUFFICIENT TIME FOR THE GUM TO BECOME HYDRATED AND GIVE THE MAXIMUM THICKENING EFFECT, THEN, MIXING THE RESULTING THICKENED SOLUTION WITH SOLID AMMONIUM NITRATE AND A MINOR AMOUNT OF A FUEL TO YEILD A THICKENED SLURRY, PUMPING THE THICKENED SLURRY AND INJECTING INTO THE XIT STREAM FROM THE PUMP BOTH A SUBSTANTIAL QUANTITY OF A GAS AND A SOLUTION WHICH HAS THE EFFECT OF CROSSLINKING THE THICKENING AGENT AND CONDUCTING THE RESULTING THICKENED SLURRY THROUGH A STATIC MIXER.
Inventors
- 👤 B Oettmeier
- 👤 S Porter
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