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US4391659A
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Explosive
Assignee: AECI Ltd
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Filing: 1982-05-17
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Granted: 1983-07-05
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Expires: 2002-05-17
Abstract
Abstract The invention concerns an emulsion explosive of the water-in-fuel type which has as its discontinuous phase an oxidizing salt-containing component, and as its continuous phase a fuel component which is immiscible with the discontinuous phase, the continuous phase comprising at least a proportion of polymer in liquid form or in finely divided particle form. A method of making the explosive is also described.
Inventors
- 👤 Jeremy G. B. Smith
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-29 19:29
CPC Classifications
C; C06; C06B; C06B47/00; C06B47/14; C06B47/145
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 22
Claim 1
Independent Claim
44 words
An emulsion explosive of the water-in-fuel type which has as its discontinuous phase an oxidizing salt-containing component, and as its continuous phase a fuel component which is immiscible with the discontinuous phase, the continuous phase comrising at least a proportion of a polymeric dispersion.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
44 words
An emulsion explosive of the water-in-fuel type which has as its discontinuous phase an oxidizing salt-containing component, and as its continuous phase a fuel component which is immiscible with the discontinuous phase, the continuous phase comrising at least a proportion of a polymeric dispersion.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
21 words
An explosive as claimed in claim 1, in which the polymer is capable of forming a suspension or emulsion in water.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
28 words
An explosive as claimed in claim 1, in which the continuous phase comprises, in addition to the polymer, a fuel which is insoluble in and immiscible with water.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
17 words
An explosive as claimed in claim 3, in which the fuel is a non-self-explosive organic liquid fuel.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
26 words
An explosive as claimed in claim 4, in which the fuel is selected from the group consisting in hydrocarbons, halogenated hydrocarbons, nitrated hydrocarbons or mixtures thereof.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
24 words
An explosive as claimed in claim 1, in which the polymer comprises an acrylonitrile/butyl acrylate copolymer, a vinyl acetate/ethylene copolymer or a mixture thereof.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
35 words
An explosive as claimed in claim 1, in which the discontinuous phase comprises an oxidizing salt selected from the group consisting in ammonium, alkali metal or alkaline earth metal nitrates, or perchlorates, or mixtures thereof.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
56 words
An explosive as claimed in claim 7, in which the discontinuous phase comprises ammonium nitrate and at least one compound which is immiscible with the continuous phase and which can act as an oxygen-releasing salt and/or fuel, and which together with ammonium nitrate forms a melt having a lower melting point than that of ammonium nitrate.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
24 words
An explosive as claimed in claim 1, which contains a suitable emulsifier for stabilizing the emulsion and for combating coalescence of the discontinuous phase.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
56 words
An explosive as claimed in claim 9, in which the emulsifier is selected from the group consisting in sorbitan sesquioleate, sorbitan monooleate, sorbitan tristearate, the mono- and diglycerides of fat-forming fatty acids, soya bean lecithin, derivatives of lanolin, alkylbenzene sulphonates, oleyl acid phosphate, laurylamine acetate, decaglycerol decaoleate, decaglycerol decastearate, 2-oleyl-4,4'-bis(hydroxymethyl)-2-oxazoline and suitable mixtures of the aforegoing.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
18 words
An explosive as claimed in claim 1, in which the continuous phase forms from 2-25% by mass thereof.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
18 words
An explosive as claimed in claim 11, in which the continous phase forms from 3-12% by mass thereof.
Claim 14
Independent Claim
79 words
A method of making an emulsion explosive of the water-in-fuel type which comprises emulsifying an aqueous solution or melt containing an oxidizing salt, and an aqueous dispersion of a polymer to form an emulsion in which the oxidizing salt forms part of the discontinuous phase and the polymer forms at least part of the cntinuous phase, the continuous phase forming a fuel component in the explosive and being immiscible with the discontinuous phase which forms an oxidizing salt-containing component.
Claim 15
Independent Claim
79 words
A method of making an emulsion explosive of the water-in-fuel type which comprises emulsifying an aqueous solution or melt containing an oxidizing salt, and an aqueous dispersion of a polymer to form an emulsion in which the oxidizing salt forms part of the discontinuous phase and the polymer forms at least part of the cntinuous phase, the continuous phase forming a fuel component in the explosive and being immiscible with the discontinuous phase which forms an oxidizing salt-containing component.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
17 words
A method as claimed in claim 13, in which the explosive is as claimed in claim 1.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
25 words
A method as claimed in claim 13, in which the aqueous dispersion of the polymer is in the form of an aqueous suspension or emulsion.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
21 words
A method as claimed in claim 13, in which the aqueous dispersion comprises at least 20% by mass of the polymer.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
48 words
A method as claimed in claim 13, in which the fuel component contains a fuel in addition to the polymer and in which, during the making or stabilizing of the explosive, the oxidizing salt-containing component is emulsified with the polymer dispersion in the presence of the additional fuel.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
66 words
A method as claimed in claim 13, in which a suitable emulsifier is used to facilitate formation of the emulsion, and is selected from the group consisting in sorbitan sesquioleate, sorbitan monooleate, sorbitan tristearate, the mono- and diglycerides of fat-forming fatty acids, soya bean lecithin, derivatives of lanolin, alkylbenzene sulphonates, oleyl acid phosphate, laurylamine acetate, decaglycerol decaoleate, decaglycerol decastearate, 2-oleyl-4,4'-bis(hydroxymethyl)-2-oxazoline and suitable mixtures of the aforegoing.
Claim 21
Independent Claim
63 words
A method of stabilizing an emulsion explosive of the water-in fuel or melt-in-fuel type which has as its discontinuous phase an oxidizing salt-containing component and as its continuous phase a fuel component immiscible with the discontinuous phase, the method comprising adding to the emulsion, or replacing at least part of the fuel component in the emulsion with, an aqueous dispersion of a polymer.
Claim 22
Independent Claim
63 words
A method of stabilizing an emulsion explosive of the water-in fuel or melt-in-fuel type which has as its discontinuous phase an oxidizing salt-containing component and as its continuous phase a fuel component immiscible with the discontinuous phase, the method comprising adding to the emulsion, or replacing at least part of the fuel component in the emulsion with, an aqueous dispersion of a polymer.
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