Explosive composition
AssigneeOrica International Pte Ltd
InventorsJohn Cooper, Ian John Kirby, Richard Goodridge, Vladimir Sujansky, Simon James Ferguson
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Abstract
An explosive composition comprising a liquid energetic material and sensitizing voids, wherein the sensitizing voids are present in the liquid energetic material with a non-random distribution, wherein the liquid energetic material comprises (a) regions in which the sensitizing voids are sufficiently concentrated to render those regions detonable and (b) regions in which the sensitizing voids are not so concentrated and wherein the explosive composition does not contain ammonium nitrate prill.
Claims24
An explosive composition comprising:
- a liquid energetic material;
- and
- at least one of gas bubbles or micro-balloons,
- wherein the at least one of gas bubbles or micro-balloons are present in the liquid energetic material with a non-random distribution, wherein the explosive composition comprises (a) regions in which the at least one of gas bubbles or micro-balloons are sufficiently concentrated to sensitize those regions and render those regions detonable and (b) regions in which the at least one of gas bubbles or micro-balloons are not so concentrated, wherein the explosive composition detonates with a minimum velocity of detonation of 2000 m/s, wherein the explosive composition does not contain any solid oxidizer component.
An explosive composition comprising:
- a liquid energetic material;
- and
- at least one of gas bubbles or micro-balloons,
- wherein the at least one of gas bubbles or micro-balloons are present in the liquid energetic material with a non-random distribution, wherein the liquid energetic material comprises (a) regions in which the at least one of gas bubbles or micro-balloons are sufficiently concentrated to sensitize those regions and render those regions detonable and (b) regions in which the at least one of gas bubbles or micro-balloons are not so concentrated, wherein the explosive composition detonates with a minimum velocity of detonation of 2000 m/s.
An explosive composition comprising:
- a first liquid energetic material;
- at least one of gas bubbles or micro-balloons disposed within and sensitizing the first liquid energetic material;
- and
- a second liquid energetic material,
- the first liquid energetic material, the second liquid energetic material, and the at least one of gas bubbles or micro-balloons provided as a single liquid formulation, the explosive composition having regions of the first liquid energetic material and regions of the second liquid energetic material such that the at least one of gas bubbles or micro-balloons present in the explosive composition with a non-random distribution, wherein the explosive composition comprises (a) regions in which the at least one of gas bubbles or micro-balloons are sufficiently concentrated to sensitize those regions and render those regions detonable and (b) regions in which the at least one of gas bubbles or micro-balloons are not so concentrated.
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